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"word": "ear tuft"
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"word": "London tuft"
},
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"word": "scalping tuft"
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{
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"word": "sulfur tuft"
},
{
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"word": "sulphur tuft"
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"word": "tufthunter"
},
{
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"word": "tufthunting"
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{
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"word": "tuft-taffeta"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "tuft"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tuft",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "toft"
},
"expansion": "toft",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "tofte"
},
"expansion": "tofte",
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},
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"1": "enm",
"2": "*tuffe"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "tuff"
},
"expansion": "tuff",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "touffe"
},
"expansion": "Old French touffe",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "tuffe"
},
"expansion": "tuffe",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "toffe"
},
"expansion": "toffe",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "tofe",
"3": "",
"4": "tuft"
},
"expansion": "tofe (“tuft”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "touffe"
},
"expansion": "touffe",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "tufa",
"4": "",
"5": "helmet crest"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin tufa (“helmet crest”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "þūf",
"3": "",
"4": "tuft"
},
"expansion": "Old English þūf (“tuft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "þúfa",
"3": "",
"4": "mound"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse þúfa (“mound”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tuva",
"3": "",
"4": "tussock; grassy hillock"
},
"expansion": "Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*þūbǭ",
"4": "",
"5": "tube"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*þūbaz"
},
"expansion": "*þūbaz",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "tūber",
"3": "",
"4": "hump, swelling"
},
"expansion": "Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "τῡ́φη",
"3": "",
"4": "cattail (used to stuff beds)"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English tuft, toft, tofte, an alteration of earlier *tuffe (> Modern English tuff), from Old French touffe, tuffe, toffe, tofe (“tuft”) (modern French touffe), from Late Latin tufa (“helmet crest”) (near Vegezio). Compare Old English þūf (“tuft”), Old Norse þúfa (“mound”), Swedish tuva (“tussock; grassy hillock”), from Proto-Germanic *þūbǭ (“tube”), *þūbaz; akin to Latin tūber (“hump, swelling”), Ancient Greek τῡ́φη (tū́phē, “cattail (used to stuff beds)”).",
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"form": "tufts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"glosses": [
"A bunch of feathers, grass or hair, etc., held together at the base."
],
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"links": [
[
"bunch",
"bunch"
],
[
"feather",
"feather"
],
[
"grass",
"grass"
],
[
"hair",
"hair"
],
[
"base",
"base"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kičur",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "кичур"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "floc"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "綹"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liǔ",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "绺"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pluk"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bundel"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "töyhtö"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tupsu"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touffe"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guedello"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guecho"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caramiñola"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "feixe"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gavela"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mostea"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topete"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Büschel"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tuff"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "hu",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "fürt"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "hu",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "csomó"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dual"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dlaoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stoth"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cespo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciuffo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "ciocca"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zolla"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "torulus"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vŕzop",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вр́зоп"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prámen",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "пра́мен"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "snop",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сноп"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kíčer",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ки́чер"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to sedge or reeds in a swamp",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "pūrekireki"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "puia"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tug",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "туг"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toupet"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tun"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tus"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kępka"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smoc"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "floc"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "șuviță"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "ru",
"english": "feathers, grass, hair",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pučók",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пучо́к"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giummu"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinnacchiu"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuppu"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechón"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "feathers",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penacho"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "manojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "es",
"english": "twigs",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "haz"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "champa"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "sv",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tova"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "sv",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bunch",
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],
"word": "tuva"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cudyn"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 7 6 8 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "twffyn"
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]
},
{
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"A cluster of threads drawn tightly through upholstery, a mattress or a quilt, etc., to secure and strengthen the padding."
],
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"links": [
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"cluster",
"cluster"
],
[
"thread",
"thread"
],
[
"upholstery",
"upholstery"
],
[
"mattress",
"mattress"
],
[
"quilt",
"quilt"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"strengthen",
"strengthen"
],
[
"padding",
"padding"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 80 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cluster of threads",
"word": "fiocco"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 80 4 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cluster of threads",
"word": "rappa"
}
]
},
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"ref": "1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume One, II.4",
"text": "Not far from this place, there is a tuft of about a dozen of tall beeches […].",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"A small clump of trees or bushes."
],
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[
"tree",
"tree"
],
[
"bush",
"bush"
]
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bosje"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bomengroep"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "puska"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "pusikko"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 79 6 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "macchia d'alberi"
}
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities."
],
"id": "en-tuft-en-noun-5VogqHH-",
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[
"tassel",
"tassel"
],
[
"titled",
"titled"
],
[
"undergraduate",
"undergraduate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A gold tassel on the cap worn by titled undergraduates at English universities."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 3 3 52 35",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gold tassel",
"word": "(kultainen) tupsu"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 3 3 52 35",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gold tassel",
"word": "nappina dorata"
}
]
},
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"A person entitled to wear such a tassel."
],
"id": "en-tuft-en-noun-9U85WEZ2",
"links": [
[
"entitle",
"entitle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(historical) A person entitled to wear such a tassel."
],
"tags": [
"historical"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 3 24 66",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person wearing the tassel",
"word": "tupsulakki"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/tʌft/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌft"
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}
],
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}
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "töyhtö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tupsu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touffe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guedello"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guecho"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "caramiñola"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "feixe"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gavela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mostea"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "topete"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Büschel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Tuff"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "fürt"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "csomó"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dual"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dlaoi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stoth"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cespo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciuffo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "ciocca"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "zolla"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "torulus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vŕzop",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вр́зоп"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "prámen",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "пра́мен"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "snop",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сноп"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kíčer",
"sense": "bunch",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ки́чер"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "pūrekireki"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "puia"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tug",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "туг"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toupet"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tun"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tus"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kępka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tufo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "smoc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "floc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "șuviță"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "feathers, grass, hair",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pučók",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пучо́к"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "giummu"
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{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pinnacchiu"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tuppu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mechón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "feathers",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "penacho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "manojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "twigs",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"word": "haz"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "champa"
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{
"code": "sv",
"english": "hair",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tova"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "grass",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tuva"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cudyn"
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "bunch",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twffyn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cluster of threads",
"word": "fiocco"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cluster of threads",
"word": "rappa"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bosje"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bomengroep"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "puska"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "pusikko"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "clump of trees",
"word": "macchia d'alberi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "gold tassel",
"word": "(kultainen) tupsu"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "gold tassel",
"word": "nappina dorata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person wearing the tassel",
"word": "tupsulakki"
}
],
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"To provide or decorate with a tuft or tufts."
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"ref": "2017 December 2, “The Impossible Summit of Mt. Neverrest!” (0:13 from the start), in DuckTales, season 1, episode 3",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"english": "remains after a beaver dam",
"word": "bjortuft"
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{
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{
"word": "ervetuft"
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{
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"text": "… der han sjølv heve Tufterna gravet\nog set sjølv sine Hus uppaa deim.\n… where he has dug the grounds\nand sets his houses on them.",
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"glosses": [
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{
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "tyft"
}
],
"word": "tuft"
}
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