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"derived": [
{
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"word": "shear off"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)ker-",
"id": "cut"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sheren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English sheren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scheren"
},
"expansion": "scheren",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "sċieran",
"4": "",
"5": "to shear; to shave"
},
"expansion": "Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*skeran"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skeran",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skeraną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skeraną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)ker-",
"t": "to cut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skarre"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skarre",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "scheren"
},
"expansion": "Low German scheren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "scheren"
},
"expansion": "Dutch scheren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "scheren"
},
"expansion": "German scheren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skære"
},
"expansion": "Danish skære",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "skjære"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål skjære",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "skjera"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk skjera",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "skära"
},
"expansion": "Swedish skära",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "keritä",
"id": "shear"
},
"expansion": "Finnish keritä",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "from Indo-European"
},
"expansion": "(from Indo-European)",
"name": "qualifier"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "κείρω",
"3": "",
"4": "I cut off"
},
"expansion": "κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "caro",
"3": "",
"4": "flesh"
},
"expansion": "caro (“flesh”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "shqerr",
"3": "",
"4": "to tear, cut"
},
"expansion": "shqerr (“to tear, cut”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "harr",
"3": "",
"4": "to cut, to mow"
},
"expansion": "harr (“to cut, to mow”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "skìrti",
"3": "",
"4": "separate"
},
"expansion": "skìrti (“separate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ysgar",
"3": "",
"4": "separate"
},
"expansion": "ysgar (“separate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sharp"
},
"expansion": "sharp",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English sheren, scheren, from Old English sċieran (“to shear; to shave”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).\nCognate with West Frisian skarre, Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, German scheren, Danish skære, Norwegian Bokmål skjære, Norwegian Nynorsk skjera, Swedish skära, Finnish keritä; and (from Indo-European) with Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “I cut off”), Latin caro (“flesh”), Albanian shqerr (“to tear, cut”), harr (“to cut, to mow”), Lithuanian skìrti (“separate”), Welsh ysgar (“separate”). See also sharp.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shears",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "shearing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sheared",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "shore",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "shorn",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sheared",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "",
"3": "",
"4": "shorn",
"past2": "shore",
"past_ptc2": "sheared"
},
"expansion": "shear (third-person singular simple present shears, present participle shearing, simple past sheared or shore, past participle shorn or sheared)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe",
"text": "So trenchant was the Templar’s weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow, and, descending on his head, levelled him with the earth.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears."
],
"id": "en-shear-en-verb-fwHbeSd~",
"links": [
[
"cut",
"cut"
],
[
"shears",
"shears"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "reža",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "режа"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "srjazvam",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "срязвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "esquilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tondosar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiē",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "切"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "stříhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ostříhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ustřihnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "skære"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "klippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "afsnijden"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "knippen"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "viiltää"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "couper"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tosquiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣ra",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ჭრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gač̣ra",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "გაჭრა"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "abschneiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "schneiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "de",
"english": "hair, beard",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "vág"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "levág"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "nyír"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cizagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "memotong"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tagliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"alt": "きる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kiru",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "切る"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sseolda",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "썰다"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tondeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "kutikuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "klippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ciąć"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ścinać"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"note": "with shears",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tosquiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "rutuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tunde"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rézatʹ",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ре́зать"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to cut/trim hair",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stričʹ",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стричь"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to cut/trim hair",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podstrigátʹ",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "подстрига́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "исећи"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "iseći"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cizallar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cortar"
},
{
"_dis1": "45 0 34 0 0 0 21 0 0",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shern",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "שערן"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "shear the llamas",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping."
],
"id": "en-shear-en-verb-muYXvyQh",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"fleece",
"fleece"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
],
[
"clipping",
"clip"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaṣṣa",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "قَصَّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xuzel",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "խուզել"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tundu"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strýhčy",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стры́гчы"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stríža",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стри́жа"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "剪斷"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnduàn",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "剪断"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stříhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "keritä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tosâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tosquiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "esquiloar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "arrocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "chamorrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "rapar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳreč̣va",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "კრეჭვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ḳreč̣a",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "კრეჭა"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gaḳreč̣va",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "გაკრეჭვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kourévo",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "κουρεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "keírō",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "κείρω"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "megnyír"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "lenyír"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "lom"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tosare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"alt": "かる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "karu",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "刈る"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jareuda",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "자르다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tondeō"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "cirpt"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "striže",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стриже"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "kutikuti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "klippe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
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"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
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"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "cắt"
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"_dis1": "1 62 3 2 2 5 6 2 18",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "reža",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "режа"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "срязвам"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "esquilar"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tondosar"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiē",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "切"
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "stříhat"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ostříhat"
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"word": "afsnijden"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "knippen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "viiltää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "couper"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tosquiar"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣ra",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ჭრა"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "გაჭრა"
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"word": "abschneiden"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "schneiden"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "scheren"
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{
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"word": "vág"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "levág"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "nyír"
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{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cizagar"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "memotong"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tagliare"
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{
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "切る"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sseolda",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "썰다"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tondeō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "kutikuti"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "klippe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "ciąć"
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"code": "pl",
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"word": "ścinać"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cortar"
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "tosquiar"
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"word": "tunde"
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"sense": "to cut",
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],
"word": "ре́зать"
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{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to cut/trim hair",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stričʹ",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стричь"
},
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "podstrigátʹ",
"sense": "to cut",
"tags": [
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "to cut",
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"word": "исећи"
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"code": "sh",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cizallar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "cortar"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shern",
"sense": "to cut",
"word": "שערן"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qaṣṣa",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "قَصَّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xuzel",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "խուզել"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tundu"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strýhčy",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стры́гчы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stríža",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стри́жа"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "剪斷"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiǎnduàn",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "剪断"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"tags": [
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"word": "stříhat"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "keritä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tosâ"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to remove the fleece from a sheep",
"word": "tosquiar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
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"roman": "nožica za strigane",
"sense": "a cutting tool similar to scissors",
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"sense": "a cutting tool similar to scissors",
"tags": [
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"word": "bøylesaks"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "a cutting tool similar to scissors",
"tags": [
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"word": "tosquiadeira"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "a cutting tool similar to scissors",
"tags": [
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"word": "ножницы"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "a cutting tool similar to scissors",
"tags": [
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"word": "cizalla"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "strigane",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "стригане"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
"word": "leikkaus"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "tonte"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
"tags": [
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"word": "tondaison"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
"tags": [
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"code": "he",
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"word": "גֵּז"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "the act of shearing, or something removed by shearing",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "sila na srjazvane",
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"code": "sv",
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"code": "fi",
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