"extended definition" meaning in English

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      "form": "extended definitions",
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        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Crosswording",
          "orig": "en:Crosswording",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Hobbies",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 April 17, PeterO, “Guardian Cryptic 27,173 by Brendan”, in Fifteensquared:",
          "text": "Pass on education, primarily, in this (7)\nA charade of COL (‘pass’) plus LEG (‘on’ side in cricket) plus E (‘Education, primarily’), with an extended definition.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 August 23, Peter Biddlecombe, “Sunday Times clue writing contest 2032: Stir-fry”, in Sunday Times:",
          "text": "Cooking that’s fuss-free, requiring no bits of expensive equipment before you start (4,3) [...]\nAs woks are fairly cheap equipment and stir-fry cooking is a fairly simple process, the whole clue is an extended definition, so a “semi-&lit”.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 December 2, “i Cryptic Crossword 4313 Peter”, in idothei:",
          "text": "I want to highlight two delightful surface readings, where the whole clue acts as an extended definition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition."
      ],
      "id": "en-extended_definition-en-noun-OwWeFZt6",
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          "crosswording"
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          "definition",
          "definition"
        ],
        [
          "wordplay",
          "wordplay"
        ]
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      "qualifier": "crosswording",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(crosswording) A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "semi-&lit"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "extended definition"
}

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    {
      "form": "extended definitions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Pages with entries",
        "en:Crosswording"
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        {
          "ref": "2017 April 17, PeterO, “Guardian Cryptic 27,173 by Brendan”, in Fifteensquared:",
          "text": "Pass on education, primarily, in this (7)\nA charade of COL (‘pass’) plus LEG (‘on’ side in cricket) plus E (‘Education, primarily’), with an extended definition.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 August 23, Peter Biddlecombe, “Sunday Times clue writing contest 2032: Stir-fry”, in Sunday Times:",
          "text": "Cooking that’s fuss-free, requiring no bits of expensive equipment before you start (4,3) [...]\nAs woks are fairly cheap equipment and stir-fry cooking is a fairly simple process, the whole clue is an extended definition, so a “semi-&lit”.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2024 December 2, “i Cryptic Crossword 4313 Peter”, in idothei:",
          "text": "I want to highlight two delightful surface readings, where the whole clue acts as an extended definition.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition."
      ],
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          "crosswording"
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        "(crosswording) A cryptic clue with both a definition and a wordplay, but in which the wordplay can also be read as part of the definition."
      ],
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        }
      ]
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