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{
"form": "plays dead",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "playing dead",
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{
"form": "played dead",
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"pos": "verb",
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"To lie very still, like a corpse."
],
"id": "en-play_dead-en-verb-C-W4-QxP",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "fer el mort"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "ŝajnigi sin morta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "leikkiä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "esittää kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "teeskennellä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "näytellä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "faire le mort"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavs imḳvdarunebs",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "თავს იმკვდარუნებს"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "magpatay-patayan"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "ölü taklidi yapmak"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To act as though defeated while awaiting a chance to attack."
],
"id": "en-play_dead-en-verb-lygqsW1g",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "thanatosis"
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "0 100",
"word": "play possum"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "裝死"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuāngsǐ",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "装死"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "leikkiä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "esittää kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "teeskennellä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "näytellä kuollutta"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "faire le mort"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "sich tot stellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "fare il morto"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "fingersi morto"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jugeun cheogeul hada",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "죽은 척을 하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "spille død"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "hacerse el muerto"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 96",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "ölü taklidi yapmak"
}
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Play Dead"
],
"word": "play dead"
}
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"forms": [
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "playing dead",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "played dead",
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]
},
{
"form": "played dead",
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
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"senses": [
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"To lie very still, like a corpse."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To act as though defeated while awaiting a chance to attack."
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "play possum"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "fer el mort"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "ŝajnigi sin morta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "leikkiä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "esittää kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "teeskennellä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "näytellä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "faire le mort"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavs imḳvdarunebs",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "თავს იმკვდარუნებს"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "magpatay-patayan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to lie very still, like a corpse",
"word": "ölü taklidi yapmak"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "裝死"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhuāngsǐ",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "装死"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "leikkiä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "esittää kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "teeskennellä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "näytellä kuollutta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "faire le mort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "sich tot stellen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "fare il morto"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "fingersi morto"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jugeun cheogeul hada",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "죽은 척을 하다"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "spille død"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "hacerse el muerto"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to act as though defeated",
"word": "ölü taklidi yapmak"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Play Dead"
],
"word": "play dead"
}
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