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"forms": [
{
"form": "dows",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "dow (plural dows)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "Burmese knife",
"word": "dah"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of dah (“Burmese knife”)"
],
"links": [
[
"dah",
"dah#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/daʊ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dow.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dow.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dow.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dow.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-dow.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "dow"
}
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