"flitch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /flɪtʃ/ [UK] Forms: flitches [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flicche}} Middle English flicche, {{inh|en|ang|fliċċe||side of an animal, flitch}} Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flikkiją||side, flitch}} Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁ḱ-||to tear, peel off}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”), {{cog|nds|flikke}} Low German flikke, {{cog|fr|flèche}} French flèche, {{cog|is|flikki||flitch}} Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), {{cog|gml|vlicke}} Middle Low German vlicke Head templates: {{en-noun}} flitch (plural flitches)
  1. The flank or side of an animal, now almost exclusively a pig when cured and salted; a side of bacon. Translations (side of bacon): flèche [feminine] (French), cliathán [masculine] (Irish), flitche [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-flitch-en-noun-X8QhcQIy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 44 14 Disambiguation of 'side of bacon': 86 14
  2. A piece or strip cut off of something else, generally a piece of wood (timber).
    Sense id: en-flitch-en-noun-ikvEVQ4F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 44 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Dunmow flitch

Verb [English]

IPA: /flɪtʃ/ [UK] Forms: flitches [present, singular, third-person], flitching [participle, present], flitched [participle, past], flitched [past]
Rhymes: -ɪtʃ Etymology: From Middle English flicche, from Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), from Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”). Cognate with Low German flikke, French flèche, Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), Middle Low German vlicke. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flicche}} Middle English flicche, {{inh|en|ang|fliċċe||side of an animal, flitch}} Old English fliċċe (“side of an animal, flitch”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*flikkiją||side, flitch}} Proto-Germanic *flikkiją (“side, flitch”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁ḱ-||to tear, peel off}} Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁ḱ- (“to tear, peel off”), {{cog|nds|flikke}} Low German flikke, {{cog|fr|flèche}} French flèche, {{cog|is|flikki||flitch}} Icelandic flikki (“flitch”), {{cog|gml|vlicke}} Middle Low German vlicke Head templates: {{en-verb}} flitch (third-person singular simple present flitches, present participle flitching, simple past and past participle flitched)
  1. (transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-flitch-en-verb-egcCgjBV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 44 14

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flitched",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "flitched",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "flitch (third-person singular simple present flitches, present participle flitching, simple past and past participle flitched)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to flitch logs"
        },
        {
          "text": "to flitch bacon"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cut into, or off in, flitches or strips."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/flɪtʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪtʃ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flitch"
}

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