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"ipa": "/əˈmeɪn/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
},
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"tags": [
"UK"
],
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}
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"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "amaine"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno",
"sense": "with all of one’s might — see also mightily, forcefully",
"word": "си́льно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ízo vsex sil",
"sense": "with all of one’s might — see also mightily, forcefully",
"word": "и́зо всех сил"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "býstro",
"sense": "at full speed",
"word": "бы́стро"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slomja golovu",
"sense": "at full speed",
"word": "сломя голову"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "na polnoj skorosti",
"sense": "at full speed",
"word": "на полной скорости"
}
],
"word": "amain"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English obsolete terms",
"English terms borrowed from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Spanish",
"English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wag-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/eɪn",
"Rhymes:English/eɪn/2 syllables"
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"etymology_number": 2,
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wag-"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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"2": "es",
"3": "amainar",
"t": "to reef a sail (take in part of a sail to adapt its size to the force of the wind); to abate, die down, subside; to ease off, let up; of a person: to calm down, control one’s anger"
},
"expansion": "Spanish amainar (“to reef a sail (take in part of a sail to adapt its size to the force of the wind); to abate, die down, subside; to ease off, let up; of a person: to calm down, control one’s anger”)",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "ammainare",
"t": "to lower or reef (a flag, sail, etc.)"
},
"expansion": "Italian ammainare (“to lower or reef (a flag, sail, etc.)”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*invagīnare",
"t": "to sheathe (a sword); to put away, stow"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *invagīnare (“to sheathe (a sword); to put away, stow”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"expansion": "prefix",
"name": "glossary"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "in-",
"pos": "prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’"
},
"expansion": "Latin in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "vāgīna",
"t": "scabbard, sheath; covering, holder; vagina"
},
"expansion": "vāgīna (“scabbard, sheath; covering, holder; vagina”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wag-",
"t": "cover; sheath"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wag- (“cover; sheath”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
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"form": "amains",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "amaining",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "amained",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
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{
"form": "amained",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail)."
],
"links": [
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"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"lower",
"lower#Verb"
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[
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"sail#Noun"
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[
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],
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"topsail"
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],
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"(nautical) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail)."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To decrease or reduce (something)."
],
"links": [
[
"decrease",
"decrease#Verb"
],
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive)",
"(figuratively) To decrease or reduce (something)."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Nautical"
],
"glosses": [
"To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield."
],
"links": [
[
"nautical",
"nautical"
],
[
"token",
"token#Noun"
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[
"surrender",
"surrender#Noun"
],
[
"yield",
"yield#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, nautical) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"obsolete"
],
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"nautical",
"transport"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/əˈmeɪn/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
},
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"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"word": "amain"
}
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