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"word": "penny wise and pound foolish"
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"ref": "2010 July 28, Rachel Williams, “Mothers who lose weight before further pregnancy ‘reduce risks’”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Research shows that retaining even one or two pounds after giving birth can make problems more likely in a subsequent pregnancy, experts said, with women who have several children facing a \"slippery slope\" if they continue to gain weight each time.",
"type": "quotation"
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"word": "পাউণ্ড"
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"word": "पौंड"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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{
"ref": "1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The railways and the Devon floods”, in Trains Illustrated, page 709",
"text": "[...] and on the Saturday heavy seas pounded the W.R. on its exposed coastal stretch between Dawlish and Teignmouth, loosening the ballast and forcing trains to proceed with extreme caution.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1964, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Motorpsycho Nitemare”",
"text": "I pounded on a farmhouse / Lookin' for a place to stay / I was mighty, mighty tired / I had come a long, long way",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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[
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[
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],
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"(transitive) To strike hard, usually repeatedly."
],
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"word": "hammer"
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{
"word": "pelt"
},
{
"word": "hit"
}
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{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udrjam",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "удрям"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "blǎskam",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "блъскам"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "bušit"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "beuken"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "to"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "takoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "rusikoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pilonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "mazar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sfyrokopó",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "σφυροκοπώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "dobogtat"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "banga"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "tuargain"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "battere"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "martellare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "colpire"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pestare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "flagellare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pīnsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "cūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "tundō"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "daužyti"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pātukituki"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pounen"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "banga"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "çalmak",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "چالمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "walić"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "walnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "bachnąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "bater"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "takay"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "bate"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolotítʹ",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колоти́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pran"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "buail"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "biť"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "tĺcť"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "pilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "banka"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dañcu",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "దంచు"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "fai"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "tet",
"lang": "Tetum",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "tuku"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "túp",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "ทุบ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtii",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "ตี"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 4 2 4 1 2 1 3",
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "to strike hard repeatedly",
"word": "!qhāã"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1887, Indian Cookery \"Local\" for Young Housekeepers: Second Edition, page 67",
"text": "Pound an onion, warm a spoonful of ghee and throw in the onion, brown it slightly, add your curry stuff, brown this till it smells pleasantly, […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1976, Alex Haley, chapter 1, in Roots: The Saga of an American Family",
"text": "It was the hour before the first crowing of the cocks, and along with Nyo Boto and Grandma Yaisa's clattering, the first sound the child heard was the muted, rhythmic bombpabombpabomp of wooden pestles as the other women of the village pounded couscous grain in their mortars, preparing the traditional breakfast of porridge that was cooked in earthen pots over a fire built among three rocks.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To crush to pieces; to pulverize."
],
"id": "en-pound-en-verb-en:to_crush",
"links": [
[
"crush",
"crush"
],
[
"pulverize",
"pulverize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To crush to pieces; to pulverize."
],
"senseid": [
"en:to crush"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pulverate"
},
{
"word": "triturate"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "chisedz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "khundo",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "খুন্দ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "taŭčý",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "таўчы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strivam",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "стривам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sčukvam",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "счуквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asdoa",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "ᎠᏍᏙᎠ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "to"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "murskata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "triturar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pulverizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dialýo",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "διαλύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "asud"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "banga"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "frantumare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "tritare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "triturare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "polverizzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"alt": "(bang'a)jjita",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "(방아)찧다"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ppata",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "빻다"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pounen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "brayen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "banga"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "triturar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pulverizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pisa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tolóčʹ",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "толо́чь"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razdrobljátʹ",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "раздробля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drobítʹ",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дроби́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "molótʹ",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "моло́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krošítʹ",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "кроши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "champ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pran"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "drviť"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "rozdrviť"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "pulverizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "dañcu",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "దంచు"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtam",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "ตำ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bòt",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "บด"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"word": "parçalara ayırmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 96 1 1 1 1 1 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tovktý",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "товкти́"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You really pounded that beer!",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2007, “Fire Marshall Willy”, performed by The Dreadnoughts",
"text": "The sounds of a house-party rolled down the street / So we pounded our Pilsner and leapt to our feet",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To eat or drink very quickly."
],
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{
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{
"word": "drink"
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"Human behaviour",
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{
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{
"ref": "1936, Ernest Hemingway, The Short, Happy Life of Francis Macomber",
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"ref": "1860, George Eliot, chapter 6, in The Mill on the Floss, book 5",
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"ref": "2012 November 11, Carole Cadwalladr, “Do online courses spell the end for the traditional university?”, in Observer",
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "paung",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ပေါင်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lliura"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "bong⁶",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "磅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàng",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "磅"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pond"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "funto"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "nael"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "naula"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "pauna"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "livre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "girvanka",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "გირვანქა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "punṭi",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ფუნტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfund"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "lívra",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λίβρα"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "laba"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pauṇḍ",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "पौंड"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "font"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "pfund"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "pon"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libbra"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pondo",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ポンド"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paundeu",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "파운드"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pǭn",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ປອນ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mārciņa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svaras"
},
{
"code": "lou",
"lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "liv"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṗoan",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ᦔᦸᧃ"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "Pond"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "libra",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "либра"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "funta",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фунта"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "paun"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punt"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "livre"
},
{
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ᨸᩬᨶ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pund",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "پوند"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Punt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "funt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "livră"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pfund"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punnd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "фу̑нта"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "fȗnta"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "funt"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "ratili"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bpɔɔn",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "ปอนด์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "libre"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "funt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "cân Anh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "pound"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"word": "pao"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pwys"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of mass (16 ounces avoirdupois)",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "פֿונט"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"word": "troy-naula"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lítra",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λίτρα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "litrá",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לִיטְרָה"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lībra"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"word": "cân Anh"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"word": "pound"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "unit of mass (12 troy ounces)",
"word": "pao"
},
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "pond"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "paund"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"english": "Egyptian or Sudanese pound",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "junayh",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"UK",
"masculine"
],
"word": "جُنَيْه"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"english": "Syrian or Lebanese pound",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "līra",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "لِيرَة f or لَيْرَة"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "genēh",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "جنية"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ֆունտ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "funt"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "paunḍ",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "পাউন্ড"
},
{
"code": "bth",
"lang": "Biatah Bidayuh",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "paon"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "líra",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ли́ра"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "paung",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ပေါင်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lliura"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "鎊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàng",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "镑"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "peuns"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pond"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "pundo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "nael"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pund"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "punta"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "livre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "libra"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "girvanka",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "გირვანქა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "punṭi",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ფუნტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pfund"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "líra",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λίρα"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "fam"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "líra",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לִירָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "pāuṇḍ",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "पाउंड"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "font"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "pound"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "paun"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punt"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lira"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "lira sterlina"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "sterlina"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pondo",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ポンド"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phaon",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ផោន"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "paundeu",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "파운드"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pǭn",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "ປອນ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mārciņa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "svaras"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Pond"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "funta",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "фунта"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"word": "paun"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lira"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "punt"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "funt",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "фунт"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "unit of currency",
"tags": [
"continental-Normandy",
"feminine"
],
"word": "live"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "unit of currency",
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"word": "దంచు"
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"sense": "crush to pieces",
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"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
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"sense": "crush to pieces",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "crush to pieces",
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "crush to pieces",
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "crush to pieces",
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"sense": "crush to pieces",
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{
"code": "it",
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"2": "pounzi"
},
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"name": "ro-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"g": "m",
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"n": "",
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"nsi": "pound",
"vp": "pounzilor",
"vs": "poundule",
"vs2": ""
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
}
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"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian masculine nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian terms borrowed from English",
"Romanian terms derived from English",
"Romanian unadapted borrowings from English"
],
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"pound"
],
"links": [
[
"pound",
"pound#English"
]
],
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{
"word": "livră"
}
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "en",
"3": "pound"
},
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"name": "ubor"
}
],
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{
"form": "poundı",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "poundlar",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "pound",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundlar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pound'ı",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pound'u",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "pound'ları",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pounda",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundlara",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pountta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundlarda",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pounttan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundlardan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "poundın",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "poundların",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "tr",
"2": "noun",
"3": "definite accusative",
"4": "poundı",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "plural",
"8": "poundlar",
"f1accel-form": "def|acc|s",
"f1request": "1",
"f3accel-form": "nom|p",
"f3request": "1",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "pound (definite accusative poundı, plural poundlar)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ı",
"2": "lar"
},
"expansion": "pound (definite accusative poundı, plural poundlar)",
"name": "tr-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Turkish/ɑu̯nd",
"Rhymes:Turkish/ɑu̯nt",
"Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
"Turkish lemmas",
"Turkish nouns",
"Turkish terms borrowed from English",
"Turkish terms derived from English",
"Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Turkish unadapted borrowings from English"
],
"glosses": [
"pound"
],
"links": [
[
"pound",
"pound#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sterlin"
}
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/pɑu̯nt/"
},
{
"ipa": "/pɑu̯nd/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑu̯nt"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑu̯nd"
}
],
"word": "pound"
}
{
"called_from": "page/1412",
"msg": "gloss may contain unhandled list items: The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)",
"path": [
"pound"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pound",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": layra vs. līra",
"path": [
"pound"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pound",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/324",
"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Esperanto: (1) __IGNORE__, (2) __IGNORE__, (3) __IGNORE__, (4) __IGNORE__",
"path": [
"pound"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "pound",
"trace": ""
}
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