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"ref": "2014 December, Paul Salopek, “Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. On Foot through the Holy Lands”, in National Geographic, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-02-12",
"text": "Unkempt, in threadbare clothes, with holed shoes and sun-cured hide, my costume is permanent: the traveler, the man from far away.",
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"Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out."
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "sürtük"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "iznosen",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "износен"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "ovehtjal",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "овехтял"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gastat"
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{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "tronat"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "versleten"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "kulunut"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "nuhruinen"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "nukkavieru"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "élimé"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "fadenscheinig"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeftisménos",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ξεφτισμένος"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "el",
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"roman": "ftharménos",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "φθαρμένος"
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{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "ar an bhfáithim"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "barrchaite"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lom"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lomchaite"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "scáineach"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "scáinte"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "smolchaite"
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{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "rallus"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "íznosen",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "и́зносен"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízližan",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "и́злижан"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "acacaxactic"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "beschieet"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznóšennyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "изно́шенный"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obvetšályj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "обветша́лый"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potjórtyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "потёртый"
},
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stáryj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "ста́рый"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lom"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "zguljen"
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{
"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "raído"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pošarpanyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пошарпаний"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
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"roman": "potertyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "потертий"
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"_dis1": "71 13 6 10",
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"roman": "znošenyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "зношений"
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"text": "(poorly equipped):"
}
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"In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty."
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"equipped",
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"meagre",
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"scanty",
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"(figurative)",
"In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty."
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"word": "inadequate"
}
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"figuratively"
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"word": "fresh"
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{
"word": "new"
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"ref": "2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes [music review]”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2023-04-06",
"text": "But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself.",
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"Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite."
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"(figurative)",
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"word": "hackneyed"
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"word": "wealthy"
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"Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor."
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"qualifier": "archaic or obsolete",
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"(archaic or obsolete) Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor."
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"word": "broke"
},
{
"word": "down at heel"
},
{
"word": "penniless"
},
{
"word": "impoverished"
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"_dis1": "4 5 2 89",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare material",
"word": "nuhruinen"
}
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"ipa": "/ˈθɹɛdbɛə/",
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"ipa": "/-bɛː/",
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{
"ipa": "/ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/",
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"ref": "2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes [music review]”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2023-04-06",
"text": "But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself.",
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "sürtük"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznosen",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "износен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ovehtjal",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "овехтял"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gastat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tronat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "versleten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "kulunut"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "nuhruinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "nukkavieru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "élimé"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "fadenscheinig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeftisménos",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "ξεφτισμένος"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ftharménos",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "φθαρμένος"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "ar an bhfáithim"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "barrchaite"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lom"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lomchaite"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "scáineach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "scáinte"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "smolchaite"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "rallus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "íznosen",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "и́зносен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ízližan",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "и́злижан"
},
{
"code": "nah",
"lang": "Nahuatl",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "acacaxactic"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "beschieet"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iznóšennyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "изно́шенный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obvetšályj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "обветша́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potjórtyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "потёртый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stáryj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "ста́рый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "lom"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"word": "zguljen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "raído"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pošarpanyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пошарпаний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "potertyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "потертий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "znošenyj",
"sense": "of cloth, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show — see also shabby, worn-out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "зношений"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare material",
"word": "nuhruinen"
}
],
"word": "threadbare"
}
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