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"word": "relieve nature"
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"etymology_text": "From Old French relever, specifically from the conjugated forms such as (jeo) relieve (“I lift up”), and its source, Latin relevo (“to lift up, lighten, relieve, alleviate”), combined form of re- (“back”) + levo (“to lift”). Doublet of relevate. Compare levant, levity, etc.",
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"text": "I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.",
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}
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"To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of."
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"(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of."
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"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "alleujar"
},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ulevit"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "lette"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "opluchten"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "helpottaa"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "soulager"
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "erleichtern"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "risollevare"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "risollevarsi"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "relevō"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "ulżyć"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "lätta"
}
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"To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort."
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"(transitive) To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort."
],
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"roman": "oblekčavam",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "облекчавам"
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "helpottaa"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "lievittää"
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"_dis1": "9 31 5 4 0 8 16 2 5 5 12 0 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "lenire"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "alleviare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "mitigare"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "relevō"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
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],
"word": "odciążać"
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
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"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "aliviar"
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"(transitive) To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.)."
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"word": "lievittää"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "lindern"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "mitigare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "alleviare"
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"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "assistere"
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"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "relevō"
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"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "aliviar"
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"To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty)."
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"(transitive) To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty)."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomagam",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "помагам"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "tukea"
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"_dis1": "3 3 3 79 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "avustaa"
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"_dis1": "3 3 3 79 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "entlasten"
},
{
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "assistere"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"tags": [
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]
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"To lift up; to raise again."
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"(obsolete) To lift up; to raise again."
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"sense": "to lift up, raise again",
"word": "nostaa pystyyn"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lift up, raise again",
"word": "risollevare"
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]
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"To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.)."
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"raise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now rare) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.)."
],
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],
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"word": "vapauttaa"
}
]
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"langcode": "en",
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"orig": "en:Law",
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"Fundamental"
],
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"text": "This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to."
],
"id": "en-relieve-en-verb-vY1oQAIG",
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"raw_glosses": [
"(law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to."
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law: to give legal relief",
"word": "assistere"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 15 2 5 0 0 51 2 1 0 14 0 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law: to give legal relief",
"word": "patrocinare"
}
]
},
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"ref": "1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, page 52",
"text": "In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.",
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],
"glosses": [
"To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on."
],
"id": "en-relieve-en-verb-OnjZzvuB",
"links": [
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on."
],
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"translations": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "snemam obsada",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "снемам обсада"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "murtaa saarto"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 2 0 1 85 1 0 4 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "fuascail"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 2 2 0 1 85 1 0 4 0 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "whakahirihiri"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look at ‘Hobson-Jobson’”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 57",
"text": "They had thought it obsolete, but, were relieved of this misapprehension by Yule’s friend Major Trotter.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc."
],
"id": "en-relieve-en-verb-ld-hNzlD",
"links": [
[
"release",
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],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
]
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "6 5 1 1 2 13 6 1 46 13 2 0 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osvoboždavam",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "освобождавам"
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"_dis1": "6 5 1 1 2 13 6 1 46 13 2 0 2",
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"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 1 1 2 13 6 1 46 13 2 0 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "rilevare"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 5 1 1 2 13 6 1 46 13 2 0 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "esautorare"
}
]
},
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{
"kind": "topical",
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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],
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"To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place."
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[
"military",
"military"
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "сменям"
},
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "rellevar"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "aflossen"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "relayer"
},
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "ablösen"
},
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
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"word": "whakahirihiri"
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
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"word": "avløyse"
},
{
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},
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"_dis1": "7 6 0 0 0 14 20 5 9 38 0 0 1",
"code": "es",
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"word": "relevar"
}
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{
"ref": "1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.76",
"text": "The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1927, Countee Cullen, From the Dark Tower",
"text": "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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[
"stand out",
"stand out"
],
[
"prominent",
"prominent"
],
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"relief",
"relief"
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],
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"archaic"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"word": "правя релефен"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "korostaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiě shǒu",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "解手"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiě sōu",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "解溲"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
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"roman": "biàn niào",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "便溺"
},
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "方便"
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"perfective"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
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"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "käydä tarpeillaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "keventää"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "faire ses besoins"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"word": "se soulager"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "seine Notdurft verrichten"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "it",
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"word": "liberarsi"
},
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "用を足す"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"word": "aliviar-se"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpravljátʹ jestéstvennyje nádobnosti",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отправля́ть есте́ственные на́добности"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отпра́вить есте́ственные на́добности"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "справля́ть нужду́"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
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"perfective"
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"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "облегчи́ться"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 1 4 4 0 1 1 1 80 0 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "helpottaa oloaan"
}
]
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{
"text": "1989, Snyder v. Harmon, 562 A.2d 307 (Pa. 1989) (Zappala, J., writing for the majority), Pennsylvania Supreme Court\nAs they traveled along L.R. 33060, one of the passengers mentioned he had to relieve himself, so Barrett stopped the car along the berm of the road, which, unbeknown to the travelers, was directly adjacent to a strip mine."
},
{
"ref": "2017, Hannah Frith, “Ejaculatory Timing and Masculine Identities: The Politics of Ab/normalising Sexual Performance”, in Jonathon Louth, Martin Potter, editors, Edges of Identity: The Production of Neoliberal Subjectivities, Chester, England: University of Chester Press, page 161",
"text": "For example, the times and locales for defecation and urination have come under tighter regulation in the modern West to meet an increasing demand – explicitly articulated in workplace rules and regulations – that people relieve themselves not whenever or wherever they feel like it but at an appropriate time and place (Inglis & Holmes, 2000).",
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"To urinate or defecate."
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[
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"urinate"
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[
"defecate",
"defecate"
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"(reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate."
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"word": "defecate"
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{
"word": "urinate"
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"euphemistic",
"reflexive"
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},
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{
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},
{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sex",
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"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Abbie Smith, Celibate Sex: Musings on Being Loved, Single, Twisted, and Holy",
"text": "Nevertheless, to relieve oneself takes the edge off the desire and doesn't take advantage of others.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm."
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[
"desire",
"desire"
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[
"orgasm",
"orgasm"
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[
"masturbation",
"masturbation"
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"word": "masturbate"
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"ipa": "/ɹɪˈliːv/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːv"
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"word": "altorrelieve"
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"word": "bajorrelieve"
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"word": "puesta de relieve"
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"word": "pain-relieving"
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"word": "relieve nature"
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"word": "relieve oneself"
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"word": "relieving arch"
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{
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"ease",
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"relief",
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},
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"text": "This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to."
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[
"debt",
"debt"
]
],
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"(law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to."
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},
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"categories": [
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],
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{
"ref": "1994, John H. Makin, Norman J. Ornstein, Debt and Taxes: How America Got into Its Budget Mess and What We Can Do about It, New York, NY: Times Books, page 52",
"text": "In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"(transitive) To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on."
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"transitive"
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},
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"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look at ‘Hobson-Jobson’”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27, number 1, page 57",
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"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"release",
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],
[
"difficulty",
"difficulty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Military"
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"To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place."
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"military",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(originally military) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.76",
"text": "The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1927, Countee Cullen, From the Dark Tower",
"text": "The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief."
],
"links": [
[
"stand out",
"stand out"
],
[
"prominent",
"prominent"
],
[
"relief",
"relief"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(now rare) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief."
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English reflexive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1989, Snyder v. Harmon, 562 A.2d 307 (Pa. 1989) (Zappala, J., writing for the majority), Pennsylvania Supreme Court\nAs they traveled along L.R. 33060, one of the passengers mentioned he had to relieve himself, so Barrett stopped the car along the berm of the road, which, unbeknown to the travelers, was directly adjacent to a strip mine."
},
{
"ref": "2017, Hannah Frith, “Ejaculatory Timing and Masculine Identities: The Politics of Ab/normalising Sexual Performance”, in Jonathon Louth, Martin Potter, editors, Edges of Identity: The Production of Neoliberal Subjectivities, Chester, England: University of Chester Press, page 161",
"text": "For example, the times and locales for defecation and urination have come under tighter regulation in the modern West to meet an increasing demand – explicitly articulated in workplace rules and regulations – that people relieve themselves not whenever or wherever they feel like it but at an appropriate time and place (Inglis & Holmes, 2000).",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To urinate or defecate."
],
"links": [
[
"urinate",
"urinate"
],
[
"defecate",
"defecate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, euphemistic) To urinate or defecate."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "defecate"
},
{
"word": "urinate"
}
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"reflexive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English euphemisms",
"English reflexive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014, Abbie Smith, Celibate Sex: Musings on Being Loved, Single, Twisted, and Holy",
"text": "Nevertheless, to relieve oneself takes the edge off the desire and doesn't take advantage of others.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm."
],
"links": [
[
"desire",
"desire"
],
[
"orgasm",
"orgasm"
],
[
"masturbation",
"masturbation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(reflexive, euphemistic) To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "masturbate"
}
],
"tags": [
"euphemistic",
"reflexive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɹɪˈliːv/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːv"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-relieve.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/89/En-us-relieve.ogg/En-us-relieve.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/En-us-relieve.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "успокоявам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "alleujar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulevit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "lette"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "opluchten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "helpottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "soulager"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "erleichtern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "risollevare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "risollevarsi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "relevō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulżyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "aliviar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to ease from mental distress",
"word": "lätta"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oblekčavam",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "облекчавам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "ulevit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "helpottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "lievittää"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "lenire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "alleviare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "mitigare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "relevō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odciążać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "odciążyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulżyć"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to give relief from physical pain",
"word": "aliviar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "helpottaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "lievittää"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "lindern"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "mitigare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "alleviare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "assistere"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "relevō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulżyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to alleviate pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.",
"word": "aliviar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomagam",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "помагам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "tukea"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "avustaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "entlasten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"word": "assistere"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to provide comfort or assistance to someone in need, especially in poverty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulżyć"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lift up, raise again",
"word": "nostaa pystyyn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lift up, raise again",
"word": "risollevare"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to raise out of danger or from a specified difficulty etc.",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "law: to give legal relief",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law: to give legal relief",
"word": "assistere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "law: to give legal relief",
"word": "patrocinare"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "snemam obsada",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "снемам обсада"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "murtaa saarto"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "fuascail"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to bring military help to a besieged town; to lift the siege on",
"word": "whakahirihiri"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osvoboždavam",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "освобождавам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "rilevare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to release from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.",
"word": "esautorare"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "smenjam",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "сменям"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "rellevar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "aflossen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "vapauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "relayer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "ablösen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "whakahirihiri"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "avløse"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "avløyse"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "avløyse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "military: to free someone from their post",
"word": "relevar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pravja relefen",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "правя релефен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "korostaa"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiě shǒu",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "解手"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiě sōu",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "解溲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "biàn niào",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "便溺"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fāng biàn",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "方便"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "vyprázdnit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "käydä tarpeillaan"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "keventää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "faire ses besoins"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "se soulager"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "seine Notdurft verrichten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "liberarsi"
},
{
"alt": "ようをたす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yō o tasu",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "用を足す"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "aliviar-se"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otpravljátʹ jestéstvennyje nádobnosti",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отправля́ть есте́ственные на́добности"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otprávitʹ jestéstvennyje nádobnosti",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отпра́вить есте́ственные на́добности"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "spravljátʹ nuždú",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "справля́ть нужду́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "správitʹ nuždú",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "спра́вить нужду́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblexčátʹsja",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "облегча́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblexčítʹsja",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "облегчи́ться"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make stand out; to make prominent",
"word": "helpottaa oloaan"
}
],
"word": "relieve"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "altorrelieve"
},
{
"word": "bajorrelieve"
},
{
"word": "poner de relieve"
},
{
"word": "puesta de relieve"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "relieves",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "relieve m (plural relieves)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"re‧lie‧ve"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Rhymes:Spanish/ebe",
"Rhymes:Spanish/ebe/3 syllables",
"Spanish 3-syllable words",
"Spanish countable nouns",
"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
"Spanish lemmas",
"Spanish masculine nouns",
"Spanish nouns",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Spanish terms with audio links"
],
"glosses": [
"relief (protrusion)"
],
"links": [
[
"relief",
"relief"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/reˈljebe/"
},
{
"ipa": "[reˈlje.β̞e]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ebe"
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],
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}
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "relieve",
"trace": ""
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