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{
"etymology_text": "Possibly from bust or burst.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bosts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bosting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bosted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bosted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "30 27 25 1 2 2 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 5 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "28 24 23 1 1 1 20",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bostin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To break."
],
"id": "en-bost-en-verb-BJZFbrAD",
"links": [
[
"Black Country",
"Black Country"
],
[
"East Midlands",
"East Midlands"
],
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"qualifier": "Black Country",
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK dialect, Black Country, East Midlands) To break."
],
"tags": [
"East-Midlands",
"UK",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"word": "bost"
}
{
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"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "bostin"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Possibly from bust or burst.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bosts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bosting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bosted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "bosted",
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"past"
]
}
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"English dialectal terms",
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"English lemmas",
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"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"To break."
],
"links": [
[
"Black Country",
"Black Country"
],
[
"East Midlands",
"East Midlands"
],
[
"break",
"break"
]
],
"qualifier": "Black Country",
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK dialect, Black Country, East Midlands) To break."
],
"tags": [
"East-Midlands",
"UK",
"dialectal"
]
}
],
"word": "bost"
}
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