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},
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},
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},
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"2": "kerf"
},
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{
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"1": "nds-de",
"2": "Karve"
},
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.",
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"word": "carve"
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"word": "swarf"
}
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],
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[
"cutting",
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],
[
"carving",
"carving"
],
[
"stroke",
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],
[
"slice",
"slice"
]
],
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"(now rare) The act of cutting or carving something; a stroke or slice."
],
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{
"ref": "1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon",
"text": "They pass through a cleft that has been made across a low range of hills, like a kerf in the top of a log, and enter into a lovely territory of subtly swelling emerald green fields strewn randomly with small white capsules that he takes to be sheep.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"The groove or slit created by cutting or sawing something; an incision."
],
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"groove",
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],
[
"slit",
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"incision",
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]
],
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"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazka",
"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"word": "lovi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"word": "uurros"
},
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"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Einschnitt"
},
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"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nut"
},
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "intaccatura"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zarúbka",
"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "зару́бка"
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "пропи́л"
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"_dis1": "2 63 16 9 9",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the groove or slit cut in the workpiece",
"word": "(u)rez"
}
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{
"text": "1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, \"Thin-kerf blades\", by Rosario Capotostro\nSawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf."
}
],
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"The portion or quantity (e.g. of wood, hay, turf, wool, etc.) removed or cut off in a given stroke."
],
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"wood",
"wood"
],
[
"hay",
"hay"
],
[
"turf",
"turf"
],
[
"wool",
"wool"
]
]
},
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{
"text": "1991, Popular Mechanics, January issue, page 63, \"Thin-kerf blades\", by Rosario Capotostro\nSawing with a thin-kerf blade produces a kerf that's 1/2 to 1/3 the size of a standard blade kerf."
}
],
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"The distance between diverging saw teeth."
],
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[
"diverging",
"diverge"
],
[
"saw",
"saw"
],
[
"teeth",
"teeth"
]
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"word": "uurros"
},
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"_dis1": "0 3 1 89 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"word": "voie"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 1 89 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schränkung"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 1 89 6",
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"word": "zareza"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 1 89 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"word": "širina reza žage"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 3 1 89 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "distance between diverging saw teeth",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "traba"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1941, Vladimir Nabokov, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Penguin 1971 edition, page 115",
"text": "Sebastian, still not alone, is seated on the white-and-cinder-grey trunk of a felled tree. […] A Camberwell Beauty skims past and settles on the kerf, fanning its velvety wings.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"The flattened, cut-off end of a branch or tree; a stump or sawn-off cross-section."
],
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"branch",
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],
[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
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"stump"
]
]
}
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},
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"text": "Audio (US)"
}
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"singular",
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"participle",
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{
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"To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent."
],
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"word": "kerfdier"
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{
"word": "gekorven dier"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English kerf, kirf, kyrf, from Old English cyrf (“an act of cutting, a cutting off; a cutting instrument”), from Proto-West Germanic *kurbi, from Proto-Germanic *kurbiz (“a cut; notch; clipping”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Käärf, West Frisian kerf, Swedish korv. Related also to Dutch kerf, German Low German Karve, Karv, German Kerbe.",
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"third-person"
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},
{
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"present"
]
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{
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"glosses": [
"To cut a piece of wood or other material with several kerfs to allow it to be bent."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kɜː(ɹ)f/"
},
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},
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}
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"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns",
"Middle English terms derived from Old English",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Middle English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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"depth": 1,
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],
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{
"form": "kerves",
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}
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"The act of cutting or carving; a stroke or slice."
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"Middle English terms with rare senses"
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"ipa": "/kɛrf/"
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"ipa": "/kirf/"
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{
"word": "carffe"
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{
"word": "kerfe"
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{
"word": "kirf"
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{
"word": "kyrf"
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