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"t": "to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a lament, mourn; to sing in a wailing voice, whimper, whine; to mutter or sing in an undertone, hum"
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"text": "He was crooning a song.",
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"ref": "1856, Thomas L[ake] Harris, “Part Three”, in A Lyric of the Golden Age, New York, N.Y.: Partridge and Brittan, […], →OCLC, page 223",
"text": "Thou croonest thy wild death-song o'er the world; / Serene Futurity thou dost conceal; / Thy banner is the shroud, the pall unfurled / Above mankind; […]",
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"ref": "1909, “By the Light of the Silvery Moon”, Ed[ward] Madden (lyrics), Gus Edwards (music), New York, N.Y.: Gus Edwards Music Pub Co, →OCLC, pages 4–5",
"text": "By the light of the silvery moon, / I want to spoon, / To my honey I'll croon love's tune, […]",
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"sense": "to soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly",
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"text": "She was crooning, but I couldn’t make out what the song was.",
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"ref": "1856, Hugh M‘Donald, “No. XX.—Kirkintilloch and Campsie.”, in Rambles round Glasgow, Descriptive, Historical, and Traditional, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, →OCLC, page 390",
"text": "But hark! the robin takes up the strain. […] Thou art a type of the true poet, even of him who \"crooneth to himsel\" amid poverty, and want, and toil. Other birds require the sunshine and the flower to wake their musical utterances, but the drifting flake and the arrowy hail stay not thy song.",
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"ref": "2006, Bayo Ojikutu, Free Burning […], New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 306",
"text": "\"You, my sweet boy,\" she croons. \"How much you still owe me?\" […] \"Be happy I ain't charging interest like how the man and all his bug-a-boos do,\" she croons on. \"Just gimme a twenty. You got a dub or not?\"",
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"sense": "to make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle — see also bellow, low",
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"Of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound."
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "kumista"
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"_dis1": "45 5 41 3 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "napjavam",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
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"roman": "tananíkam",
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"tags": [
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"word": "танани́кам"
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "entonar"
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"_dis1": "45 5 41 3 4 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dīchàng",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "低唱"
},
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"_dis1": "45 5 41 3 4 2",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hēng",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "哼"
},
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"word": "broukat si"
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"ref": "1856, Thomas L[ake] Harris, “Part Three”, in A Lyric of the Golden Age, New York, N.Y.: Partridge and Brittan, […], →OCLC, page 223",
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"text": "But hark! the robin takes up the strain. […] Thou art a type of the true poet, even of him who \"crooneth to himsel\" amid poverty, and want, and toil. Other birds require the sunshine and the flower to wake their musical utterances, but the drifting flake and the arrowy hail stay not thy song.",
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"ref": "2006, Bayo Ojikutu, Free Burning […], New York, N.Y.: Three Rivers Press, page 306",
"text": "\"You, my sweet boy,\" she croons. \"How much you still owe me?\" […] \"Be happy I ain't charging interest like how the man and all his bug-a-boos do,\" she croons on. \"Just gimme a twenty. You got a dub or not?\"",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "低唱"
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "哼"
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
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"word": "pobrukovat si"
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "neuriën"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "hyräillä"
},
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "säuseln"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "summen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "dúdol"
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"code": "mk",
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"roman": "pótpevne",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "по́тпевне"
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"tags": [
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"word": "nucić"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
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"sense": "(transitive, intransitive) to hum or sing (a song or tune) softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice",
"word": "напева́ть"
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"word": "gefühlsbetontes Lied"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "low-pitched sound of a large bell",
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