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"sense": "hole for a button",
"word": "ボタン穴"
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"sense": "hole for a button",
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"word": "ਕਾਜ"
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{
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{
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{
"code": "he",
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"word": "אִבְקָה"
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],
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "knapphol"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "knapphol"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "jâ-dokme",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"word": "جا دکمه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "angile",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"word": "انگیله"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Knooploch"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dziurka od guzika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casa de botão"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "casa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "botoeira"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "kāj",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਕਾਜ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pétlja",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пе́тля"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "petljá",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "петля́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "petlíca",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "петли́ца"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Campidanese Sardinian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"word": "trau"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "ayette"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "oyètte"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Logudorese"
],
"word": "traùccu"
},
{
"code": "sdc",
"lang": "Sassarese Sardinian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"word": "traoccu"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toll-putain"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cneap-tholl"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѝлик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѝлика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "за̑мчица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏мча"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ìlik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ìlika"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zȃmčica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍmča"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ojal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "knapphål"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "petljá",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "петля́"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "petélʹka",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пете́лька"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twll botwm"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "knoplokh",
"sense": "hole for a button",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "קנאָפּלאָך"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "petlica",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "петлица"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knaphulsblomst"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"word": "boutonnière"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"word": "rintakukka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "boutonnière"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Boutonniere"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blóm í hnappagat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blóm í barm"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ilik",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "илик"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ilika",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "илика"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knapphullsblomst"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knappholsblomst"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "butonierka"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "butonʹjérka",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бутонье́рка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ѝлик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѝлика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "за̑мчица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко̏в"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "о̏мча"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ìlik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ìlika"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "zȃmčica"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "kȍv"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ȍmča"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knapphålsblomma"
}
],
"word": "buttonhole"
}
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"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "buttonholer"
}
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"3": "",
"4": "a loop of string to hold a button down"
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"name": "m"
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"2": "hole"
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}
],
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{
"form": "buttonholes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "buttonholing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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{
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"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "buttonholed",
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"past"
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"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: grab by the lapels"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Philip Roth, The Plot Against America",
"text": "Here they are, the brainless few we had been raised to pity and fear, the Stone Age oafs and the seething runts and the ominous, swaggering weightlifters, buttonholing kids like me out on Chancellor Avenue and telling us to keep our baseball bats at the ready in case we were called in the night to take to the streets [...]",
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}
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"glosses": [
"To detain (a person) in conversation against their will."
],
"links": [
[
"detain",
"detain"
],
[
"conversation",
"conversation"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "accost"
},
{
"word": "waylay"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cut one or more buttonholes (in)."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in)."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To sew by buttonhole stitch."
],
"links": [
[
"sew",
"sew"
],
[
"buttonhole stitch",
"buttonhole stitch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Surgery"
],
"glosses": [
"To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally)."
],
"links": [
[
"surgery",
"surgery"
],
[
"incision",
"incision"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, surgery, chiefly archaic) To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally)."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences",
"surgery"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1871 December 17, Henry K. Staley, “Forestry and Apiculture”, in The American Bee Journal, volume 28, number 25, pages 781b of 779a–782b",
"text": "What tree of more pulchritude and symmetricalness could you nominate for roadside, street and public park planting than the graceful linden? We should possess more of the spirit which predominates in this direction in the crowning gem of America’s constitutionality—the City of Washington, D. C. ‘‘Unter den Lindens’’ would not only be found in Germany, but in all the large cities of our grand and glorious United States. Washington has her Unter den Linden in the Massachussetts avenue. Her North and South Capital streets are buttonholed with the stately tulips, which are fit emblems to thus adorn the meridian of the United States.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To apply a flowery formation in."
],
"links": [
[
"flowery",
"flowery"
],
[
"formation",
"formation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To apply a flowery formation in."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1927, Warwick Deeping, Doomsday, page 77",
"text": "Furze cut it himself after his dinner, with great care and concentrated solemnity, finding the loaf rather too new and the knife too blunt for the carving of slices of ideal thinness. The beastly things would buttonhole!",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting."
],
"links": [
[
"attain",
"attain"
],
[
"like",
"like"
],
[
"formation",
"formation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, archaic, rare) To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive",
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-us-buttonhole.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-us-buttonhole.ogg/En-us-buttonhole.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-us-buttonhole.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "button-hole"
},
{
"word": "button hole"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to detain a person in conversation",
"word": "napata rintapielestä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to detain a person in conversation",
"word": "tenir la jambe"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to detain a person in conversation",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "cazar al espartillo"
}
],
"word": "buttonhole"
}
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