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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blunten"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blunt instrument"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntish"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntly"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntnose"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blunt-nosed viper"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bluntslide"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "blunt-witted"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "semiblunt"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "blunt"
},
"expansion": "Middle English blunt",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "*blunt"
},
"expansion": "Old English *blunt",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "> English surnames <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">Blunt</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">Blount</i>"
},
"expansion": "(> English surnames Blunt, Blount)",
"name": "gloss"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmq",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "North Germanic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "blunda",
"t": "to doze"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse blunda (“to doze”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "blunda"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic blunda",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "blunda"
},
"expansion": "Swedish blunda",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "blunde"
},
"expansion": "Danish blunde",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "> Icelandic <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"is\">blunda</i>, Swedish <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"sv\">blunda</i>, Danish <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"da\">blunde</i>"
},
"expansion": "(> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde)",
"name": "gloss"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English blunt, blont, from Old English *blunt (attested in the derivative Blunta (male personal name) (> English surnames Blunt, Blount)), probably of North Germanic origin, possibly related to Old Norse blunda (“to doze”) (> Icelandic blunda, Swedish blunda, Danish blunde).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "blunter",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "bluntest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "blunt (comparative blunter, superlative bluntest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:",
"text": "The murderous knife was dull and blunt.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:",
"text": "The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
"text": "The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having a thick edge or point; not sharp."
],
"id": "en-blunt-en-adj-GAaDQFKC",
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 1",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point",
"word": "dull"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 1",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point",
"word": "pointless"
},
{
"_dis1": "95 1 1 1 1",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point",
"word": "coarse"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "dumpoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kalīl",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "كَلِيل"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "butʻ",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "բութ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ütməś",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "үтмәҫ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tupaś",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тупаҫ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "tupaq",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тупаҡ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "kamuts"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "tupý",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тупы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎp",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тъп"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pritǎpen",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "притъпен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "tum:",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "တုံး"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "rom"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "鈍"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dùn",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "钝"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "sløv"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "stomp"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "bot"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "malakra"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "nüri"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tylppä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tylsä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "émoussé"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "moucho"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "obtuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "mouco"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "blagvi",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "ბლაგვი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "stumpf"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "abgestumpft"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "amvlýs",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "αμβλύς"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "amblús",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "ἀμβλύς"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kōphós",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "κωφός"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "qehé",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קֵהֶה"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tompa"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "sljór"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tumpul"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "majal"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tyltsä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "nyrhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tylppä"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "spuntato"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"alt": "にぶい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nibui",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "鈍い"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɨl",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "រឹល"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mudin",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "무딘"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mokok",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "мокок"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "obtusus"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "hebes"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "retusus"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "truls"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "neass"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "bukas"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "tap",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тап"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tumpul"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "neuvirragh"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "angheyre"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "kotehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "pūnuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "hāpūpū"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "pūhoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "nguture"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "pūnguru"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "pūhuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "kuruhuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tūnguru"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "kiporo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "moxoo",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "мохоо"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "stump"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "stump"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "kond",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "کند"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tępy"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "cego"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "rombo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "obtuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tocit"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "neascutit"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "bont"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tupój",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тупо́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "туп"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "tup"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tupý"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "top"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "romo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "obtuso"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "trubbig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "tsg",
"lang": "Tausug",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "tumpul"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "küt"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tupýj",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "тупи́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "cùn"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "pŵl"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "di-awch"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 1 1 1 1",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "xırt"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:",
"text": "His wits are not so blunt.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute."
],
"id": "en-blunt-en-adj-Ls2AzcKY",
"links": [
[
"acute",
"acute"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "5 84 4 2 4",
"sense": "dull in understanding",
"word": "stupid"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 84 4 2 4",
"sense": "dull in understanding",
"word": "obtuse"
}
],
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"ref": "2011 January 12, Saj Chowdhury, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Liverpool”, in BBC:",
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{
"ref": "2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:",
"text": "I'm not saying that thousands of folk are not being inconvenienced, because they most certainly are, but the impact of strikes on government has been blunted.",
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"ref": "c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:",
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"word": "တုံး"
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "moucho"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "obtuso"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
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"code": "id",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "鈍い"
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"code": "km",
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "having a thick edge or point, not sharp",
"word": "무딘"
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"code": "ky",
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"code": "sv",
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"To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt."
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"ref": "2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL, number 964, page 3:",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pritǎpjavam",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "притъпявам"
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "αμβλύνω"
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "spuntare"
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"roman": "tápi",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "та́пи"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "embotar"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "trubba"
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"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker",
"word": "pylu"
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"sense": "to repress or weaken",
"word": "afzwakken"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to repress or weaken",
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"sense": "to repress or weaken",
"word": "reprimir"
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"sense": "to repress or weaken",
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}
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