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"(transitive) To make eyelets in."
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"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
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"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Öse"
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"code": "de",
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"tags": [
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
"tags": [
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"word": "occhiello"
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"sense": "A small hole to receive a cord or fastener",
"tags": [
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"code": "tl",
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"word": "ohetes"
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"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/aɪlət",
"Rhymes:English/aɪlət/2 syllables",
"en:Fabrics"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "oylet"
},
"expansion": "Middle English oylet",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "oillet"
},
"expansion": "Old French oillet",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "oil",
"4": "",
"5": "eye"
},
"expansion": "Old French oil (“eye”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "-et",
"pos": "diminutive suffix"
},
"expansion": "-et (diminutive suffix)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "eye",
"3": "let"
},
"expansion": "eye + -let",
"name": "suf"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "folk etymology"
},
"expansion": "folk etymology",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling as eye + -let is due to folk etymology.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "eyelets",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeleting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeletting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeleted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeleted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeletted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "eyeletted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past2": "eyeletted",
"pres_ptc2": "eyeletting"
},
"expansion": "eyelet (third-person singular simple present eyelets, present participle eyeleting or eyeletting, simple past and past participle eyeleted or eyeletted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To make eyelets in."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To make eyelets in."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈaɪ.lət/"
},
{
"homophone": "islet"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪlət"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-eyelet.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-us-eyelet.ogg/En-us-eyelet.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-eyelet.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "eyelet"
}
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