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}
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},
{
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"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃",
"t": "clear, lucid"
},
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"name": "cog"
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},
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{
"text": "Her light, sheer dress caught everyone’s attention.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 17, in The Subtle Minotaur:",
"text": "“She sheathed her legs in the sheerest of the nylons that her father had brought back from the Continent, and slipped her feet into the toeless, high-heeled shoes of black suède.”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 53:",
"text": "She was cunningly dressed in a black, sheer gown with gold ornaments showing her figure to perfection.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Very thin or transparent."
],
"id": "en-sheer-en-adj-soLHnAYj",
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],
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"thin",
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],
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"transparent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(textiles) Very thin or transparent."
],
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"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "diaphanous"
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{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "see-through"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "45 3 27 8 16",
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],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šaffāf",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "شَفَّاف"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "tǎnǎk",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "тънък"
},
{
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"roman": "prozračen",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозрачен"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tòumíng",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "透明"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "flinterdun"
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{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "läpinäkyvä"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "harsomainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "seitinohut"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "läpikuultava"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparent"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "diaphane"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "hauchdünn"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparent"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "durchsichtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "áttetsző"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "vékony"
},
{
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "könnyű"
},
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "mín"
},
{
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"alt": "とうめいな",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "透明な"
},
{
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "gjennomskinnelig"
},
{
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"code": "osx",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "skir"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "przezroczysty"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "fino"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "prozráčnyj",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозра́чный"
},
{
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
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"word": "proziran"
},
{
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозиран"
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{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
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],
"word": "číry"
},
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],
"word": "priesvitný"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "fino"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparente"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "muy delgado"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "ince"
},
{
"_dis1": "77 1 2 1 19",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prozóryj",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозо́рий"
}
]
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{
"ref": "c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act INTRODUCTION, scene ii]:",
"text": "If she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale, score me up for the lying’st knave in Christendom.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:",
"text": "Thou sheer, immaculate and silver fountain, / From when this stream through muddy passages / Hath held his current and defiled himself!",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated."
],
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[
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],
[
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"unmixed"
],
[
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]
],
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"(obsolete) Pure in composition; unmixed; unadulterated."
],
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"word": "pure"
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}
],
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]
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{
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{
"text": "I think it is sheer genius to invent such a thing.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "This poem is sheer nonsense.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Through technological wizardry and sheer audacity, Google has shown how we can transform the intellectual riches of our libraries[…].",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:",
"text": "That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1981 December 19, Nancy Wechsler, Christine Delphy, “Politics In France”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 9:",
"text": "There is no organized movement of gays or feminists that would support individuals and that would make coming out, at the workplace, anything less than a shear ^([sic]) act of suicide.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track, Guardian Unlimited:",
"text": "Cycling's complex etiquette contains an unwritten rule that riders in contention for a race win should not be penalised for sheer misfortune.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Downright; complete; pure."
],
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[
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"downright"
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[
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"complete"
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"(by extension) Downright; complete; pure."
],
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{
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "šadīd",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "شَدِيْد"
},
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "pǎlen",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "пълен"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "absoljuten",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "абсолютен"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "ren og skær"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "silkka"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "puhdas"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "pelkkä"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "pur"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 91 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "absolu"
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{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "total"
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{
"_dis1": "3 2 91 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"alt": "じゅんすいな",
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"word": "kaha"
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"sense": "downright; complete",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "läpikuultava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparent"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "diaphane"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "hauchdünn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "durchsichtig"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "áttetsző"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "vékony"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "könnyű"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "mín"
},
{
"alt": "とうめいな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "透明な"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "gjennomskinnelig"
},
{
"code": "osx",
"lang": "Old Saxon",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "skir"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "przezroczysty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "fino"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prozráčnyj",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозра́чный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозиран"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "priesvitný"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "fino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "transparente"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "muy delgado"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "ince"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prozóryj",
"sense": "very thin or transparent",
"word": "прозо́рий"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šadīd",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "شَدِيْد"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pǎlen",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "пълен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "absoljuten",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "абсолютен"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "ren og skær"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "silkka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "puhdas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "pelkkä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "absolu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "total"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vero e proprio"
},
{
"alt": "じゅんすいな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "junsui-na",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "純粋な"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "merus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "kaha"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "czysty"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pólnyj",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "по́лный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čístyj",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "чи́стый"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "puro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "mero"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "ren och skär"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "rena rama"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "póvnyj",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "по́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čýstyj",
"sense": "downright; complete",
"word": "чи́стий"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "silkka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "pelkkä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "bloß"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "schier"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "pur"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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{
"code": "ru",
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},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
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},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ístynyj",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
"word": "і́стиний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "správžnij",
"sense": "(used to emphasize)",
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"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "bg",
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
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"code": "fi",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
"word": "suora"
},
{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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{
"code": "de",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "grc",
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"code": "grc",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
"word": "direto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vertikálʹnyj",
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvésnyj",
"sense": "straight up and down; vertical; perpendicular",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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},
{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "uk",
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"ref": "1791, William Cowper, The Iliad of Homer, translation of original by Homer, Book XVI:",
"text": "Hector the ashen lance of Ajax smote / With his broad faulchion, at the nether end, / And lopp’d it sheer.",
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"ref": "1888, Francis Hastings Doyle, “Hylas”, in The Return of the Guards: And Other Poems, translation of original by Theocritus:",
"text": "Swift into the dark stream at once he fell, / As the red star at once falls swift and sheer / From sky to sea",
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"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book VI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "Descending , and in half cut sheer",
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"(archaic) Clean; completely; at once."
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clean",
"word": "täysin"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "clean",
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"word": "отклоня́ться от ку́рса"
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