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"word": "متکا"
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"word": "bolster"
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"sense": "large cushion or pillow",
"word": "దిండు"
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"word": "babhstar (leapa)"
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"code": "it",
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{
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"sense": "large cushion or pillow",
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{
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"sense": "large cushion or pillow",
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"code": "te",
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"roman": "diṇḍu",
"sense": "large cushion or pillow",
"word": "దిండు"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "short, horizontal, structural timber between a post and a beam",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "podpiram",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "подпирам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poddǎržam",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "поддържам"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "крепя"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "加强"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "支持"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "巩固"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "posílit se"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "veilig stellen"
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{
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "stutten"
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{
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "tukea"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "polstern"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "unterstützen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "verstärken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "bestärken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stylóno",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "στυλώνω"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypostirízo",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "υποστηρίζω"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "accrescere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "rafforzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "consolidare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "抱き枕"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "whakamarohi"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "haukaha"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "whakatete"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "apoiar"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podpirátʹ",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "подпира́ть"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "подде́рживать"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "reforzar"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "sostener"
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"sense": "to brace, reinforce, secure, or support",
"word": "stödja"
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