"bowstring" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: bowstrings [plural]
Etymology: From bow + string. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|bow|string}} bow + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowstring (plural bowstrings)
  1. The string of an archer's bow. Derived forms (string of an archer's bow): bowstring bridge, bowstring girder, bowstring hemp, bowstring knot Translations (string of an archer's bow): νευρά (neurá) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), وَتَر (watar) [masculine] (Arabic), աղեղնալար (aġeġnalar) (Armenian), kiriş (Azerbaijani), цеціва́ (cjecivá) [feminine] (Belarusian), тетива́ (tetivá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), လေးကြိုး (le:krui:) (Burmese), 'alxawill (Cahuilla), corda [feminine] (Catalan), ژێ (jê) (Central Kurdish), гунщян (gunxi͡an) [Dungan] (Chinese), 弓弦 (gung¹ jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), (jin⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 弓弦 (gōngxián) (Chinese Mandarin), (xián) (Chinese Mandarin), тѧтива (tętiva) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Church Slavic), хирлӳ (hirlü) (Chuvash), tětiva [feminine] (Czech), buestreng [common-gender] (Danish), boogpees [feminine] (Dutch), boogstreng [feminine] (Dutch), vibunöör (Estonian), jänne (Finnish), corde [feminine] (French), ლარი (lari) (Georgian), ლამბი (lambi) (Georgian), Bogensehne [feminine] (German), ज्या (jyā) [feminine] (Hindi), प्रत्यंचा (pratyañcā) (Hindi), íjhúr (Hungarian), bogastrengur [masculine] (Icelandic), زِه (zeh) (Iranian Persian), corda [feminine] (Italian), 弓弦 (alt: ゆづる, yuzuru, ゆみづる, yumizuru, ゆんづる, yunzuru) (Japanese), (tsuru) (alt: つる) (Japanese), адырна (adyrna) (Kazakh), បន្លោះ (bɑnlɑh) (Khmer), ចាប (caap) (Khmer), 궁현 (gunghyeon) (alt: 弓弦) (Korean), 활줄 (hwaljul) (Korean), 활시위 (hwalsiwi) (Korean), жаанын жиби (jaanın jibi) (Kyrgyz), templė [feminine] (Lithuanian), ᦉᦻᦂᦳᧂ (ṡaayk̇ung) (), тетива (tetiva) [feminine] (Macedonian), ഞാൺ (ñāṇ) (Malayalam), വിൽഞാൺ (vilñāṇ) (Malayalam), प्रत्यंचा (pratyañcā) [feminine] (Marathi), 𐭦𐭩𐭧 (alt: zyḥ /⁠zīh⁠/) (Middle Persian), хөвч (xövč) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ (köbči) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), jih (Northern Kurdish), buestreng [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bogan strenġ [masculine] (Old English), زِه (zih) (Persian), Boageseid [feminine] (Plautdietsch), cięciwa [feminine] (Polish), corda de arco [feminine] (Portuguese), cörda [feminine] (Romagnol), coardă [feminine] (Romanian), тетива́ (tetivá) [feminine] (Russian), тѐтива [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tètiva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tetiva [feminine] (Slovak), tetiva [feminine] (Slovene), кириш (kiriš) (Southern Altai), cuerda [feminine] (Spanish), bågsträng [common-gender] (Swedish), зеҳ (zeh) (Tajik), кереш (kereş) (Tatar), అల్లె (alle) (Telugu), wäntalyi (Tocharian B), kiriş (Turkish), yay kiriş (Turkish), kiriş (Turkmen), кириш (kiriş) (Tuvan), тятива́ (tjatyvá) [feminine] (Ukrainian), kamalak ipi (Uzbek), dây cung (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bowstring-en-noun-A58asiUH Disambiguation of "string of an archer's bow": 71 29 Disambiguation of "string of an archer's bow": 71 29
  2. (historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Archery
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Verb

IPA: /ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/ [General-American], /ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: bowstrings [present, singular, third-person], bowstringing [participle, present], bowstrung [participle, past], bowstrung [past], bowstringed [participle, past], bowstringed [past]
Etymology: From bow + string. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|bow|string}} bow + string Head templates: {{en-verb|bowstrings|bowstringing|bowstrung|past2=bowstringed}} bowstring (third-person singular simple present bowstrings, present participle bowstringing, simple past and past participle bowstrung or bowstringed)
  1. (transitive) To strangle with a bowstring. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bowstring-en-verb-U9YdSTdk

Inflected forms

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        "2": "bow",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From bow + string.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bowstrings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "bowstring bridge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "bowstring girder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "bowstring hemp"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "bowstring knot"
        }
      ],
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        "The string of an archer's bow."
      ],
      "id": "en-bowstring-en-noun-A58asiUH",
      "links": [
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "archer",
          "archer"
        ],
        [
          "bow",
          "bow"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "watar",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "وَتَر"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "aġeġnalar",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "աղեղնալար"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "kiriş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "cjecivá",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "цеціва́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tetivá",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тетива́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "le:krui:",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "လေးကြိုး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "chl",
          "lang": "Cahuilla",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "'alxawill"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "corda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gung¹ jin⁴",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弓弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "jin⁴",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "gunxi͡an",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
          ],
          "word": "гунщян"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngxián",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弓弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xián",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "hirlü",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "хирлӳ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tětiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "buestreng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "boogpees"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "boogstreng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "vibunöör"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "jänne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "corde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lari",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ლარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "lambi",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ლამბი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Bogensehne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "neurá",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "νευρά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jyā",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ज्या"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "pratyañcā",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "प्रत्यंचा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "íjhúr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bogastrengur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "corda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "alt": "ゆづる, yuzuru, ゆみづる, yumizuru, ゆんづる, yunzuru",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弓弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "alt": "つる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsuru",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "弦"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "adyrna",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "адырна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "bɑnlɑh",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "បន្លោះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "caap",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ចាប"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "alt": "弓弦",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gunghyeon",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "궁현"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwaljul",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "활줄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwalsiwi",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "활시위"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "jê",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ژێ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "jih"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jaanın jibi",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "жаанын жиби"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "templė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "khb",
          "lang": "Lü",
          "roman": "ṡaayk̇ung",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ᦉᦻᦂᦳᧂ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tetiva",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тетива"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ñāṇ",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "ഞാൺ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "vilñāṇ",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "വിൽഞാൺ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "pratyañcā",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "प्रत्यंचा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "alt": "zyḥ /⁠zīh⁠/",
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "word": "𐭦𐭩𐭧"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xövč",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "хөвч"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "köbči",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buestreng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "tętiva",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "тѧтива"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "71 29",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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    {
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "bowstring bridge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "bowstring girder"
    },
    {
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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        "The string of an archer's bow."
      ],
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        "The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders."
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        "(historical) The string of an archer's bow, as used by the Turks for strangling offenders."
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      "ipa": "/ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "watar",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "وَتَر"
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      "roman": "aġeġnalar",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "աղեղնալար"
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      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "kiriş"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "cjecivá",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "цеціва́"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tetivá",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "тетива́"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "le:krui:",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "လေးကြိုး"
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      "code": "chl",
      "lang": "Cahuilla",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "'alxawill"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "corda"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gung¹ jin⁴",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弓弦"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "jin⁴",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弦"
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      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "gunxi͡an",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
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      "word": "гунщян"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngxián",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弓弦"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xián",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弦"
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      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "hirlü",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "хирлӳ"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tětiva"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "buestreng"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boogpees"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "boogstreng"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "vibunöör"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "jänne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lari",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ლარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "lambi",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ლამბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bogensehne"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "neurá",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νευρά"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jyā",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ज्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pratyañcā",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "प्रत्यंचा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "íjhúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bogastrengur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆづる, yuzuru, ゆみづる, yumizuru, ゆんづる, yunzuru",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弓弦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsuru",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "弦"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "adyrna",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "адырна"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑnlɑh",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "បន្លោះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "caap",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ចាប"
    },
    {
      "alt": "弓弦",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gunghyeon",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "궁현"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwaljul",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "활줄"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwalsiwi",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "활시위"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "jê",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ژێ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "jih"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jaanın jibi",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "жаанын жиби"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "templė"
    },
    {
      "code": "khb",
      "lang": "Lü",
      "roman": "ṡaayk̇ung",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ᦉᦻᦂᦳᧂ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tetiva",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тетива"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ñāṇ",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "ഞാൺ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vilñāṇ",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "വിൽഞാൺ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "pratyañcā",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "प्रत्यंचा"
    },
    {
      "alt": "zyḥ /⁠zīh⁠/",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "𐭦𐭩𐭧"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xövč",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "хөвч"
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    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "köbči",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buestreng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "tętiva",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѧтива"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bogan strenġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
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      "roman": "zih",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "زِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "zeh",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "زِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Boageseid"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cięciwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corda de arco"
    },
    {
      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cörda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coardă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tetivá",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тетива́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тѐтива"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tètiva"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tetiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "tetiva"
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      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "kiriš",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "кириш"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cuerda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "bågsträng"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zeh",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "зеҳ"
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      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "kereş",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "кереш"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "alle",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "అల్లె"
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      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "wäntalyi"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "kiriş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "yay kiriş"
    },
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      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "kiriş"
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      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "kiriş",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "кириш"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tjatyvá",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "тятива́"
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      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "kamalak ipi"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "string of an archer's bow",
      "word": "dây cung"
    }
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}

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bowstringed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bowstrings",
        "2": "bowstringing",
        "3": "bowstrung",
        "past2": "bowstringed"
      },
      "expansion": "bowstring (third-person singular simple present bowstrings, present participle bowstringing, simple past and past participle bowstrung or bowstringed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bow‧string"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1850, Edgar Allan Poe, The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade:",
          "text": "When the day broke […] it was high time for her to get up and be bowstrung—a thing very little more pleasant than hanging, only a trifle more genteel.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "1909, O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), A Municipal Report\nI have seen (on one of my imaginary tours) the Sultan of Turkey bowstring with his own hands one of his wives who had uncovered her face in public."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To strangle with a bowstring."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strangle",
          "strangle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bowstring"
}

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