See decoy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
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"word": "изку́ствена пти́ца"
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"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
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"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "houkutuslintu"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "leurre"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Lockvogel"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dóloma",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
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"word": "δόλωμα"
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "paleutḗs",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "παλευτής"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "csalétek"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "csali"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "csalimadár"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "csalikacsa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "birdlime to catch birds",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "lép"
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{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "lokkunarfugl"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zimbello"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stampo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "tīmori"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "chamariz"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "manók",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "мано́к"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podsadnája útka",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "подсадна́я у́тка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mamac"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "señuelo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "carnada"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "cimbel"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "lockfågel"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "vette"
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{
"code": "vo",
"english": "bird",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "bätaböd"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"english": "duck",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "animal used by hunters to lure game",
"word": "bätadök"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "deceptive military device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "leurre"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceptive military device",
"word": "csali"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "deceptive military device",
"word": "csalimadár"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deceptive military device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diversivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "deceptive military device",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "falso bersaglio"
}
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"word": "decoy"
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"text": "to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net"
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"ref": "1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.",
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"To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap."
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"(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap."
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"To act as, or use, a decoy."
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"(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "primamvam",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "примамвам"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "lokke"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "lokken"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "appâter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "leurrer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "piéger"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "ködern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "locken"
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "deleázo",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "δελεάζω"
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"roman": "paleúō",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "παλεύω"
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{
"code": "hu",
"english": "to use one",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "tőrbe csal"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "csapdába csal"
},
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"code": "hu",
"english": "to act as one",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "csalogat"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "onga"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "tīmori"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "primánivatʹ",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "прима́нивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "primanítʹ",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
"word": "примани́ть"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "prymánjuvaty",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
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"word": "прима́нювати"
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"roman": "prymanýty",
"sense": "to act as, or use, a decoy",
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