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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "bowstring hemp"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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],
"word": "وَتَر"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "aġeġnalar",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "աղեղնալար"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kiriş"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"feminine"
],
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"roman": "le:krui:",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "လေးကြိုး"
},
{
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "'alxawill"
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{
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gung¹ jin⁴",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "弓弦"
},
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"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"
],
"word": "гунщян"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngxián",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "弓弦"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tětiva"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"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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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"feminine"
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"_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"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
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"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"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "grc",
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"roman": "neurá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"feminine"
],
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},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "hi",
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"roman": "jyā",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ज्या"
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"code": "hi",
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"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"
},
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"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"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "jê",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "ژێ"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "kmr",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "jih"
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"roman": "jaanın jibi",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "жаанын жиби"
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"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "templė"
},
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"_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"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "vilñāṇ",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "വിൽഞാൺ"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"alt": "zyḥ /zīh/",
"code": "pal",
"lang": "Middle Persian",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "𐭦𐭩𐭧"
},
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"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xövč",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хөвч"
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"roman": "köbči",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "buestreng"
},
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"code": "cu",
"lang": "Church Slavic",
"roman": "tętiva",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
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},
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"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bogan strenġ"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "fa-cls",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "زِه"
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"lang": "Iranian Persian",
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"word": "زِه"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corda de arco"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "rgn",
"lang": "Romagnol",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cörda"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "coardă"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "tetivá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тетива́"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"feminine"
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"word": "тѐтива"
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"word": "tètiva"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tetiva"
},
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tetiva"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kiriš",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кириш"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuerda"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bågsträng"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zeh",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "зеҳ"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кереш"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "alle",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "అల్లె"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "wäntalyi"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kiriş"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "yay kiriş"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tk",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kiriş"
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{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "kiriş",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кириш"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tjatyvá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "тятива́"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "uz",
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kamalak ipi"
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "dây cung"
}
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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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"ipa": "/ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/",
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}
],
"word": "bowstring"
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"form": "bowstrings",
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"form": "bowstringing",
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"form": "bowstrung",
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{
"form": "bowstrung",
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"past"
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},
{
"form": "bowstringed",
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"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": "quotation"
},
{
"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."
}
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"To strangle with a bowstring."
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"(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring."
],
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]
}
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"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "bowstring girder"
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{
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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{
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
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"ipa": "/ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "watar",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَتَر"
},
{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "aġeġnalar",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "աղեղնալար"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kiriş"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "cjecivá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "цеціва́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tetivá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тетива́"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "le:krui:",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "လေးကြိုး"
},
{
"code": "chl",
"lang": "Cahuilla",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "'alxawill"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corda"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "dng",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "gunxi͡an",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"Dungan"
],
"word": "гунщян"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōngxián",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "弓弦"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xián",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "弦"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tětiva"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "buestreng"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boogpees"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"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"
},
{
"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": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хөвч"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "köbči",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠥᠪᠴᠢ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"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"
],
"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"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "tètiva"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tetiva"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tetiva"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "kiriš",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кириш"
},
{
"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"
],
"word": "bågsträng"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "zeh",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "зеҳ"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "kereş",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кереш"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "alle",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "అల్లె"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "wäntalyi"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kiriş"
},
{
"code": "tyv",
"lang": "Tuvan",
"roman": "kiriş",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "кириш"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tjatyvá",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тятива́"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "kamalak ipi"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "string of an archer's bow",
"word": "dây cung"
}
],
"word": "bowstring"
}
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"3": "string"
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"name": "affix"
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"form": "bowstrings",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "bowstringing",
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"present"
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},
{
"form": "bowstrung",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "bowstrung",
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"past"
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{
"form": "bowstringed",
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"past"
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"past"
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"English transitive verbs",
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{
"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": "quotation"
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{
"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."
}
],
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"To strangle with a bowstring."
],
"links": [
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"strangle",
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],
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"(transitive) To strangle with a bowstring."
],
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"transitive"
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}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈboʊstɹɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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"ipa": "/ˈbəʊstɹɪŋ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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}
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"word": "bowstring"
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