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{
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},
{
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{
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"examples": [
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"ref": "1941 May, J. Ronald Hayton, “The Chattenden & Upnor Narrow-Gauge Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 208",
"text": "The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.",
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"To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc."
],
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[
"board",
"board"
],
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"prevent"
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[
"access",
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],
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"protection",
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"(transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc."
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "dichttimmeren"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "barricader"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "condamner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "mit Brettern verrammeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "mit Brettern vernageln"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zabijać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zabić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "fechar com tábuas"
}
]
}
],
"word": "board up"
}
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"ref": "1941 May, J. Ronald Hayton, “The Chattenden & Upnor Narrow-Gauge Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 208",
"text": "The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.",
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],
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"(transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"translations": [
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "dichttimmeren"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "barricader"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "condamner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "mit Brettern verrammeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "mit Brettern vernageln"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zabijać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zabić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to block doors or windows with boards",
"word": "fechar com tábuas"
}
],
"word": "board up"
}
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