"sprig" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /spɹɪɡ/ Audio: en-us-sprig.ogg [US] Forms: sprigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sprig}} Middle English sprig, {{m|enm|sprigge}} sprigge, {{der|en|gml|sprik}} Middle Low German sprik, {{m|gml|spricke|t=a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig}} spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”), {{cog|en|sprag|t=sprig, twig}} English sprag (“sprig, twig”), {{cog|ang|spræc|t=a shoot}} Old English spræc (“a shoot”), {{cog|nds-de|Spricke}} German Low German Spricke, {{m|nds-de|Sprick|t=dry branch, twig}} Sprick (“dry branch, twig”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sprig (plural sprigs)
  1. A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-q0nVsJ21
  2. An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig. Translations (ornament): lehvä (Finnish), bladornament [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun--HQCKxoC Disambiguation of 'ornament': 5 73 6 3 4 6 3
  3. One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace. Translations (piece of lace): pala (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-4lESNFz5 Disambiguation of 'piece of lace': 3 4 77 1 5 5 4
  4. (humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad. Tags: derogatory, humorous, mildly, sometimes Translations (youth): младеж (mladež) (Bulgarian), kersa (Finnish), vesa (Finnish), junger Hüpfer [masculine] (German), jypling [masculine] (Norwegian), oppkomling [masculine] (Norwegian), spire [masculine] (Norwegian), latorośl [feminine] (Polish), о́тпрыск (ótprysk) [masculine] (Russian), muchacho [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-W5Shr1j6 Disambiguation of 'youth': 0 1 1 96 0 0 2
  5. A brad, or nail without a head. Translations (brad): щифт (štift) [masculine] (Bulgarian), uppokantanaula (Finnish), dyckert-naula (Finnish), dykker [masculine] (Norwegian), dykkert [masculine] (Norwegian), stift [masculine] (Norwegian), trådstift [masculine] (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-8gOqlexL Disambiguation of 'brad': 3 4 4 1 79 4 6
  6. A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point. Translations (small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point): silmäruuvi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-HBTYfqXS Disambiguation of 'small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point': 2 3 3 0 1 84 8
  7. A house sparrow. Categories (lifeform): True sparrows
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-noun-kDOlnl2L Disambiguation of True sparrows: 3 3 9 2 3 13 53 13 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 2 11 0 4 16 48 15 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 3 8 0 3 11 62 9 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (small shoot or twig): عَسْلُوج (ʕaslūj) [masculine] (Arabic), շիվ (šiv) (Armenian), клонче (klonče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), вейка (vejka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), تەڵ (tell) (Central Kurdish), oksa (Finnish), lehvä (Finnish), verso (Finnish), havu (Finnish), brin (French), rameau (French), Zweiglein [neuter] (German), Büschchen [neuter] (German), Büschel [neuter] (German), ágacska (Hungarian), rametto [masculine] (Italian), tākupu (Maori), kvist [masculine] (Norwegian), dusk (of parsely) [masculine] (Norwegian), liten grein [common-gender] (Norwegian), bukett (english: single part of a cauliflower) [masculine] (Norwegian), ramelet [masculine] (Occitan), gałązka [feminine] (Polish), ве́точка (vétočka) [feminine] (Russian), побе́г (pobég) [masculine] (Russian), ramita [feminine] (Spanish), kvist [common-gender] (Swedish), రెమ్మ (remma) (Telugu)
Disambiguation of 'small shoot or twig': 43 48 1 0 2 4 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /spɹɪɡ/ Audio: en-us-sprig.ogg [US] Forms: sprigs [present, singular, third-person], sprigging [participle, present], sprigged [participle, past], sprigged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sprig}} Middle English sprig, {{m|enm|sprigge}} sprigge, {{der|en|gml|sprik}} Middle Low German sprik, {{m|gml|spricke|t=a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig}} spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”), {{cog|en|sprag|t=sprig, twig}} English sprag (“sprig, twig”), {{cog|ang|spræc|t=a shoot}} Old English spræc (“a shoot”), {{cog|nds-de|Spricke}} German Low German Spricke, {{m|nds-de|Sprick|t=dry branch, twig}} Sprick (“dry branch, twig”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} sprig (third-person singular simple present sprigs, present participle sprigging, simple past and past participle sprigged)
  1. To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-verb-eY4HMllW
  2. To nail the sole onto a shoe.
    Sense id: en-sprig-en-verb-cYDut6i5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sprigger

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for sprig meaning in All languages combined (13.2kB)

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      "_dis1": "43 48 1 0 2 4 2",
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕaslūj",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
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      "word": "շիվ"
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      "roman": "vejka",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "oksa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "verso"
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    {
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "havu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "brin"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "43 48 1 0 2 4 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "ágacska"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "rametto"
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    {
      "_dis1": "43 48 1 0 2 4 2",
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "tell",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "تەڵ"
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    {
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "tākupu"
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    {
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kvist"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dusk (of parsely)"
    },
    {
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "liten grein"
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    {
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      "code": "no",
      "english": "single part of a cauliflower",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bukett"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ramelet"
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      "glosses": [
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaslūj",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَسْلُوج"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šiv",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "շիվ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "klonče",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "клонче"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vejka",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "вейка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "oksa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "lehvä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "verso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "havu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "brin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "rameau"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zweiglein"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Büschchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Büschel"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "ágacska"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rametto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "tell",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "تەڵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "word": "tākupu"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "kvist"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "dusk (of parsely)"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "liten grein"
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      "english": "single part of a cauliflower",
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ramelet"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "small shoot or twig",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "побе́г"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "te",
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      "word": "రెమ్మ"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ornament",
      "word": "lehvä"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "piece of lace",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "mladež",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "word": "kersa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "word": "vesa"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "junger Hüpfer"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jypling"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "oppkomling"
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    {
      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spire"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "latorośl"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ótprysk",
      "sense": "youth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "о́тпрыск"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "muchacho"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "štift",
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      "word": "щифт"
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      "word": "uppokantanaula"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "trådstift"
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      "code": "fi",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sprag",
        "t": "sprig, twig"
      },
      "expansion": "English sprag (“sprig, twig”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "spræc",
        "t": "a shoot"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English spræc (“a shoot”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Spricke"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German Spricke",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "Sprick",
        "t": "dry branch, twig"
      },
      "expansion": "Sprick (“dry branch, twig”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English sprig, sprigge, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Middle Low German sprik, spricke (“a dry, easily broken twig that has fallen from a tree; sprig”). Compare also dialectal English sprag (“sprig, twig”), Old English spræc (“a shoot”), German Low German Spricke, Sprick (“dry branch, twig”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sprigs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprigging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprigged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprigged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sprig (third-person singular simple present sprigs, present participle sprigging, simple past and past participle sprigged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decorate",
          "decorate"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
        [
          "embroidery",
          "embroidery"
        ],
        [
          "pottery",
          "pottery"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To nail the sole onto a shoe."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "sole",
          "sole"
        ],
        [
          "shoe",
          "shoe"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/spɹɪɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-sprig.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/39/En-us-sprig.ogg/En-us-sprig.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/En-us-sprig.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sprig"
}

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