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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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{
"code": "th",
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"roman": "lûuk-dìng",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "ลูกดิ่ง"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "težest",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тежест"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bleigewicht"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piombo"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiummu"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazko spadane",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"word": "рязко спадане"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sturz"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Absturz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "styrt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedstyrting"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sbalancata"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sdirrupuni"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sdirrupata"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"word": "tummata 'n terra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Absturz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rickgang"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abnahme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"ref": "2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “No Marston Vale line trains... and no one in charge seems to 'give a damn'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46:",
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"(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly."
],
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"sense": "to drop swiftly",
"word": "dive"
},
{
"sense": "to drop swiftly",
"word": "drop"
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{
"sense": "to drop swiftly",
"word": "fall"
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "padam pravo nadolu",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "падам право надолу"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "omlaagschieten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "tuimelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "kelderen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "syöksyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "romahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "dégringoler"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stürzen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "abstürzen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "absinken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "abfallen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "fallen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "heruntersinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "herunterstürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "sacken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "absacken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "nachgeben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "zuhan"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "steypast"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stingast"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "precipitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "cadere a piombo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "makere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "tirikohu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "urupou"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "dykke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "styrtdykke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gwałtownie spadać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "runąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "cair"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "despencar"
},
{
"alt": "ре́зко (rézko)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pádatʹ",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "па́дать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ruxnutʹ",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рухнуть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "obrušiti se"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "strmoglaviti se"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "chiummarisfunnari"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "caer en picado"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "caer en picada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "desplomarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "aplomarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "desmoronarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "desboronarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "desaplomarse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "falla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "rasa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "störta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stupa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "sumadsad"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dìng",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "ดิ่ง"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:plummet"
],
"word": "plummet"
}
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