"chaun" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːn/ Forms: chauns [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːn Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaun (plural chauns)
  1. (obsolete) A gap or rift. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chaun-en-noun-agNADqDk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 72 28

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːn/ Forms: chauns [present, singular, third-person], chauning [participle, present], chauned [participle, past], chauned [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːn Head templates: {{en-verb}} chaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)
  1. (obsolete) To open, or yo to yawn. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-chaun-en-verb-ZLVwpkPE

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A gap or rift."
      ],
      "id": "en-chaun-en-noun-agNADqDk",
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "rift",
          "rift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) A gap or rift."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chaun"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chauns",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chauned",
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          "text": "O, chaun thy breast.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To open, or yo to yawn."
      ],
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          "open",
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        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(obsolete) To open, or yo to yawn."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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    }
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    "Rhymes:English/ɔːn",
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        "A gap or rift."
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        "(obsolete) A gap or rift."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːn"
    }
  ],
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    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɔːn",
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        "present",
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    },
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          "text": "O, chaun thy breast.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To open, or yo to yawn."
      ],
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        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
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          "yawn",
          "yawn"
        ]
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        "(obsolete) To open, or yo to yawn."
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːn"
    }
  ],
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}

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