"ess" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ess.wav [Southern-England] Forms: esses [plural]
enPR: ĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Head templates: {{en-noun}} ess (plural esses)
  1. The name of the Latin-script letter S. Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-ess-en-noun-U~B9aG3q Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 64 5 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 7 45
  2. Something shaped like the letter S. (See esses)
    Sense id: en-ess-en-noun-AgYY4XmV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: es Derived forms: collar of esses, de-ess, ess-hook, long ess, short ess Translations (name of the letter S, s): إِس (ʔis) [masculine] (Arabic), এস (es) (Bengali), essa [feminine] (Catalan), es [neuter] (Danish), es (Dutch), so (Esperanto), ess [neuter] (Faroese), äs (Finnish), ässä (Finnish), esse [masculine] (French), ese [masculine] (Galician), ες (es) [neuter] (Greek), (Hawaiian), एस (es) (Hindi), se (Ido), es (Indonesian), eas (Irish), sail [feminine] (Irish), エス (esu) (Japanese), 에스 (eseu) (Korean), es (Latin), es (Malay), एस (es) (Marathi), ess [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ess [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), èssa [feminine] (Occitan), esse [masculine] (Portuguese), эс (es) [neuter] (Russian), ese [feminine] (Spanish), es (Tagalog), sa (Abakada) (Tagalog), ese (english: Abecedario alphabet) (Tagalog), เอส (ées) (Thai), se (Turkish), ét (Vietnamese), sờ (Vietnamese), xờ mạnh (Vietnamese), xờ nặng (Vietnamese), ès [feminine] (Welsh)
Related terms: letter [Latin, letter-name], a [Latin, letter-name], bee [Latin, letter-name], cee [Latin, letter-name], dee [Latin, letter-name], e [Latin, letter-name], ef [Latin, letter-name], gee [Latin, letter-name], aitch [Latin, letter-name], i [Latin, letter-name], jay [Latin, letter-name], kay [Latin, letter-name], el [Latin, letter-name], em [Latin, letter-name], en [Latin, letter-name], o [Latin, letter-name], pee [Latin, letter-name], cue [Latin, letter-name], ar [Latin, letter-name], tee [Latin, letter-name], u [Latin, letter-name], vee [Latin, letter-name], double-u [Latin, letter-name], ex [Latin, letter-name], wye [Latin, letter-name], zee [Latin, letter-name], zed [Latin, letter-name] Disambiguation of 'name of the letter S, s': 54 46

Verb

IPA: /ˈɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ess.wav [Southern-England] Forms: esses [present, singular, third-person], essing [participle, present], essed [participle, past], essed [past]
enPR: ĕs Rhymes: -ɛs Head templates: {{en-verb}} ess (third-person singular simple present esses, present participle essing, simple past and past participle essed)
  1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S. Hypernyms: wind
    Sense id: en-ess-en-verb-74TPGwpX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 33 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 7 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: es

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "vee"
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      "word": "wye"
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        {
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        },
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          "ref": "2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170",
          "text": "I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
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      "roman": "ʔis",
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Catalan",
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
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      "word": "es"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "word": "so"
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      "word": "ess"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "äs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "ässä"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "esse"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ese"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ες"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sā"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "एस"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "eas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "esu",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "エス"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eseu",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "에스"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "एस"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "èssa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "эс"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sa (Abakada)"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "Abecedario alphabet",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "ese"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ées",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "เอส"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "ét"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sờ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "xờ mạnh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "xờ nặng"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ès"
    }
  ],
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}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "essing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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        "To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S."
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          "word": "wind"
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          "shape",
          "shape"
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          "letter",
          "letter"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛs/"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "enpr": "ĕs"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "es"
    }
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}
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    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from the shape of letters",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English three-letter words",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
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  "derived": [
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    },
    {
      "word": "de-ess"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Latin",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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      "word": "ex"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "wye"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "letter-name"
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    },
    {
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      "word": "zed"
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        {
          "text": "1998, Ricardo Corona, \"These Esses\" (\"Eses esses\"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone\nthese esses / change in design / and senses themselves / $ // it's as if / the ess / were the sounds / of success"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170",
          "text": "I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.",
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        }
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    }
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ess.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ĕs"
    }
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      "word": "es"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔis",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إِس"
    },
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      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "এস"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "essa"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "so"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "äs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "ässä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ese"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ες"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sā"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "एस"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "eas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sail"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "esu",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "エス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eseu",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "에스"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "एस"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ess"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "èssa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "esse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "es",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "эс"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ese"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sa (Abakada)"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "Abecedario alphabet",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "ese"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ées",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "เอส"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "se"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "ét"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "sờ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "xờ mạnh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "word": "xờ nặng"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "name of the letter S, s",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ès"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ess"
}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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    "English terms derived from the shape of letters",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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    "Pages with raw sortkeys",
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    {
      "form": "essed",
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      "word": "wind"
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        "To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛs/"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛs"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ess.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "enpr": "ĕs"
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}

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