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{
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"palatalized\"",
"word": "broad"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "heavy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "large"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "obese"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "overweight"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "strapping"
}
],
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"word": "red slender loris"
},
{
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"word": "slender-billed curlew"
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{
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"word": "slender-billed gull"
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{
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"word": "slender cypress pine"
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{
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"word": "slender-horned gazelle"
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{
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"word": "slenderish"
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{
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"word": "slender loris"
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{
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"word": "slenderly"
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{
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"word": "slender moa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slenderness"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slender poison"
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{
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"word": "slender reed"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slender sea lettuce"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slender sedge"
},
{
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"word": "slender shrew"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "slender skimmer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "Slender West Lake"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "slendre"
},
"expansion": "Middle English slendre",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "sclendre"
},
"expansion": "sclendre",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "esclendre",
"4": "",
"5": "thin, slender"
},
"expansion": "Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "odt",
"3": "slinder",
"4": "",
"5": "thin, lank"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*slindraz",
"4": "",
"5": "sliding, slippery"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sleydʰ-",
"4": "",
"5": "to slip"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bar",
"2": "Schlenderling",
"3": "",
"4": "that which dangles"
},
"expansion": "Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schlendern",
"3": "",
"4": "to saunter, stroll"
},
"expansion": "German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "slidderen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch slidderen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "slinderen",
"3": "",
"4": "to wriggle, creep like a serpent"
},
"expansion": "slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "slindern",
"3": "",
"4": "to slide on ice"
},
"expansion": "Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slide"
},
"expansion": "slide",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "slither"
},
"expansion": "slither",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English slendre, sclendre, from Old French esclendre (“thin, slender”), from Old Dutch slinder (“thin, lank”), from Proto-Germanic *slindraz (“sliding, slippery”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ- (“to slip”). Cognate with Bavarian Schlenderling (“that which dangles”), German schlendern (“to saunter, stroll”), Dutch slidderen, slinderen (“to wriggle, creep like a serpent”), Low German slindern (“to slide on ice”). More at slide, slither.",
"forms": [
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "slenderest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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{
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},
"expansion": "slender (comparative slenderer, superlative slenderest)",
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}
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"word": "physique"
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{
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"word": "thin"
}
],
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"slen‧der"
],
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"word": "ectomorphic"
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{
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"word": "flat-chested"
}
],
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"pos": "adj",
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"word": "cadaverous"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:slender",
"word": "scrawny"
},
{
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"word": "thin person"
}
],
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{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "A rod is a long slender pole used for angling.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Thin; slim."
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḥīf",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "نَحِيف"
},
{
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔahyaf",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "أَهْيَف"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "naḥīl",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "نَحِيل"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strójny",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "стро́йны"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "strómki",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "стро́мкі"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stróen",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "стро́ен"
},
{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎ́nǎk",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "тъ́нък"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "esvelt"
},
{
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"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ulesoda",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "ᎤᎴᏐᏓ"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "苗條"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miáotiáo",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "苗条"
},
{
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"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "cuka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "štíhlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "útlý"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "slank"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "slank"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "svelta"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "hoikka"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "svelte"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "mince"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esbelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "schlank"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ischnós",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "ισχνός"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "radinós",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "ραδινός"
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{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "leptós",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "λεπτός"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ápleros",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "άπλερος"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "brádinos",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
"Aeolic"
],
"word": "βράδινος"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "rhadinós",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "ῥαδινός"
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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "patlā",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "पतला"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "vékony"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "of a person",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "karcsú"
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{
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "caol"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"note": "of a person",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "seangchruthach"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "snello"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hossori shita",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "ほっそりした"
},
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"alt": "ほそい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hosoi",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "細い"
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{
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"alt": "ほそながい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hosonagai",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "細長い"
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{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nalssinhada",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "날씬하다"
},
{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "tenuis"
},
{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "gracilis"
},
{
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "slaids"
},
{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tenok",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "тенок"
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{
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vitok",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "виток"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "tūpuhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "tūpuhipuhi"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "pūhihi"
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{
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "pīrahirahi"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "mînchon"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "slank"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "schlank"
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{
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"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "denn"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "szczupły"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "smukły"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "esbelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "magro"
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
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"word": "subtire"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tónkij",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "то́нкий"
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "strójnyj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "стро́йный"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tanu",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "तनु"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "caol"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "seang"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thin",
"tags": [
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"word": "ви̏так"
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{
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"sense": "thin",
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"sense": "thin",
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"word": "vȉtak"
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thin",
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"word": "mȑšav"
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{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "štíhly"
},
{
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "tenký"
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{
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"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "vitek"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "esbelto"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "slank"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strunkýj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "струнки́й"
},
{
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tonkýj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "тонки́й"
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"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "patlā",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "پتلا"
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"_dis1": "100 0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "mảnh khảnh"
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]
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"text": "Being a person of slender means, he was unable to afford any luxuries.",
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{
"ref": "1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 413",
"text": "The grounds for the conjecture are somewhat slender.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2022 January 26, Barry Doe, “Fabrik offers an end to hard times”, in RAIL, number 949, page 42",
"text": "The slender service between Ellesmere Port and Helsby has been added, too.",
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"meagre; deficient"
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[
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"(figurative) meagre; deficient"
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"(Gaelic languages) Palatalized."
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈslɛndə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈslɛndɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛndə(ɹ)"
},
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{
"enpr": "slĕnʹdər"
}
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{
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"word": "willowy"
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{
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{
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"word": "inadequate"
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"word": "gracile"
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{
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{
"word": "Slender West Lake"
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},
{
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"sense": "thin",
"word": "苗条"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "esbelto"
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{
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"word": "magro"
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{
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "strójnyj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "стро́йный"
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{
"code": "sa",
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{
"code": "gd",
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"sense": "thin",
"word": "caol"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "seang"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "thin",
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{
"code": "sh",
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{
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{
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"word": "tenký"
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{
"code": "sl",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"word": "slank"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "strunkýj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "струнки́й"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tonkýj",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "тонки́й"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "patlā",
"sense": "thin",
"word": "پتلا"
},
{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "thin",
"word": "mảnh khảnh"
}
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}
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