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"ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34",
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"(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir."
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"code": "ary",
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"roman": "rwīna",
"sense": "excited activity",
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"word": "իրարանցում"
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"sense": "excited activity",
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"word": "bullícia"
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{
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{
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"word": "touhu"
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{
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"word": "hyörintä"
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"masculine"
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"sense": "excited activity",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
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"word": "andirivieni"
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"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "excited activity",
"word": "pōwaiwai"
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"sense": "excited activity",
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"word": "tinné"
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"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "excited activity",
"word": "travelhet"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bieganina"
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "freneticidade"
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{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "excited activity",
"word": "freamăt"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 6 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perepolóx",
"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "переполо́х"
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"roman": "sujetá",
"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sumatóxa",
"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "excited activity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ajetreo"
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"_dis1": "92 6 2",
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"tags": [
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"word": "rimowe-manaedje"
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"A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine."
],
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"(computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine."
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"word": "taustalevy"
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"ref": "2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa",
"text": "All the portraits that hang on the walls of the living room are, I realize, of my mother's family: miniatures of her great-aunts in Victorian bustles and elaborate feathered hats; a gilt-framed oil of her great-great-great-uncle as a boy in pastoral England, wearing a gold riding coat over white jodhpurs and sitting astride a white steed, a King Charles spaniel yapping at them from the foreground of the canvas.",
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"(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops."
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"sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "турнюр"
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"sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "cul de Paris"
},
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"_dis1": "2 3 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
"word": "turnyyri"
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tournure"
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"_dis1": "2 3 96",
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"sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sottana"
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"word": "バッスル"
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]
}
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"text": "The commuters bustled about inside the train station."
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"_dis1": "85 15 0",
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"word": "flit"
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"_dis1": "85 15 0",
"sense": "to move busily",
"word": "hustle"
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{
"_dis1": "85 15 0",
"sense": "to move busily",
"word": "scamper"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 15 0",
"sense": "to move busily",
"word": "scurry"
}
],
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"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "suetja se",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "суетя се"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "trafeguejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "kiiruhtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "s'affairer"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "hasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "affaccendarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sujetitʹsja",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "суетиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 14 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metušýtysja",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "метуши́тися"
}
]
},
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"text": "The train station was bustling with commuters."
}
],
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],
"id": "en-bustle-en-verb-gzphu28P",
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[
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],
[
"energetic",
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[
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]
],
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"_dis1": "4 91 5",
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"word": "abound"
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{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "brim"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "bristle"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "burst"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 91 5",
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "crawl"
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},
{
"sense": "to move busily",
"word": "scurry"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "abound"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "brim"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "bristle"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "burst"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "crawl"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "swell"
},
{
"sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
"word": "teem"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "suetja se",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "суетя се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "trafeguejar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "kiiruhtaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "s'affairer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "hasten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "affaccendarsi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "toritori"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sujetitʹsja",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"word": "суетиться"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "metušýtysja",
"sense": "to move busily and energetically",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "метуши́тися"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎmža",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "гъмжа"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "bullir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "kihistä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "vilistä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "s’activer"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "pullulare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kišetʹ",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "кишеть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "izobilovatʹ",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "изобиловать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
"word": "abundar"
}
],
"word": "bustle"
}
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