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{
"etymology_text": "Imitative.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "currs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "curring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "curred",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "curred",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "53 47",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 23 35 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 22 36 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
"orig": "en:Animal sounds",
"parents": [
"Sounds",
"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,\nThe owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To coo like an owl."
],
"id": "en-curr-en-verb-w9YwVDe4",
"links": [
[
"coo",
"coo"
],
[
"owl",
"owl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "9 23 35 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "9 22 36 33",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
"orig": "en:Animal sounds",
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"Sounds",
"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To purr like a cat."
],
"id": "en-curr-en-verb-bKNodp8j",
"links": [
[
"purr",
"purr"
],
[
"cat",
"cat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "curr"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Animal sounds"
],
"etymology_text": "Imitative.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "currs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "curring",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "curred",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "curred",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "1798, William Wordsworth, The Idiot Boy, first published in 1798, Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems, republished in 1827, The Poetical Works of Wordsworth, 1872, page 53,\nThe owlets hoot, the owlets curr, / And Johnny's lips they burr, burr, burr,"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To coo like an owl."
],
"links": [
[
"coo",
"coo"
],
[
"owl",
"owl"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, intransitive) To coo like an owl."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To purr like a cat."
],
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[
"purr",
"purr"
],
[
"cat",
"cat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(archaic, intransitive) To purr like a cat."
],
"tags": [
"archaic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"word": "curr"
}
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