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"masculine"
],
"word": "ανεμοδείκτης"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "weather vane",
"word": "szélkakas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "coileach gaoithe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "galletto segnavento"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kazamidori",
"sense": "weather vane",
"word": "風見鶏"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vétrokaz",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ве́троказ"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"Jersey",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vithouette"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vêrhane"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kurek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cata-vento"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "fljúger",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "флю́гер"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "veleta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "väderhane"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "weather vane",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vindflöjel"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "weather vane",
"word": "pabiling"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "weather vane",
"word": "girimpula"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "weather vane",
"word": "banoglawin"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vendekåbe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vejrhane"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"word": "tuuliviiri"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"word": "szélkakas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banderuola"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vêrhane"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "biruta de aeroporto"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a fickle, inconstant person",
"word": "veleta"
}
],
"word": "weathercock"
}
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"2": "weþercok"
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"name": "com"
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"form": "weathercocks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weathercocking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "weathercocked",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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],
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],
[
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[
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"(intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides."
],
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"of a boat"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
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],
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"(intransitive, of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind."
],
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"of an airplane or missile"
],
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"intransitive"
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"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
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"To act as a weathercock for."
],
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"(transitive) To act as a weathercock for."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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