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"derived": [
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"taxonomic": "Polygonum aubertii",
"word": "China fleece vine"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Stenanthium robustum",
"word": "feather fleece"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Polygonum spp.",
"word": "fleeceflower"
},
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"word": "fleeceless"
},
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"taxonomic": "Polygonum aubertii",
"word": "fleece vine"
},
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"word": "fleecewear"
},
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"word": "fleece wool"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Phormia regina etc.",
"word": "fleece worm"
},
{
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"word": "fleecy"
},
{
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"word": "Golden Fleece"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Codium fragile",
"word": "green fleece"
},
{
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"taxonomic": "Urospermum dalechampii",
"word": "smooth golden fleece"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "flees"
},
"expansion": "Middle English flees",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flese"
},
"expansion": "flese",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "flus"
},
"expansion": "flus",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "fleos"
},
"expansion": "fleos",
"name": "m"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "flēos"
},
"expansion": "Old English flēos",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flīes"
},
"expansion": "flīes",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "flȳs"
},
"expansion": "flȳs",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*fleus"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fleus",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fleeces",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Hair",
"orig": "en:Hair",
"parents": [
"Body parts",
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 2 4 1 9 5 32 1 20 1",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sheep",
"orig": "en:Sheep",
"parents": [
"Caprines",
"Livestock",
"Even-toed ungulates",
"Agriculture",
"Animals",
"Mammals",
"Applied sciences",
"Lifeforms",
"Vertebrates",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Chordates",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal"
],
"id": "en-fleece-en-noun-LWxe9Xsn",
"links": [
[
"wool",
"wool"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "skaapvag"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "burd",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "բուրդ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "geġm",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "գեղմ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šerscʹ",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шэрсць"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vóŭna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "во́ўна"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kreoñ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎ̀lna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "въ̀лна"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velló"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vell"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yángmáo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "羊毛"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knew"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rouno"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schaapsvacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schapenvacht"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "ŝaflano"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "ŝafharo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "karva"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "villa"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toison"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "capela"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vélaro"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maṭq̇li",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მატყლი"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Vlies"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proviá",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προβιά"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "milotí",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μηλωτή"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pókos",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόκος"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kôas",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "κῶας"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "nákē",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "νάκη"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gizzá",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּזָּה"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "gyapjú"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lomra"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vello"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōmō",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "羊毛"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"alt": "羊毛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yangmo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "양모"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vellus"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vilna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "monťǩori",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მონტკორი"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "runo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "volna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "волна"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "flees"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "monṭq̇ori",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მონტყორი"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yapağı",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "یاپاغی"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "runo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wełna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "tosão"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "rutuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "millma"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "lână"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šerstʹ",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шерсть"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rùsg"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "вуна"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "runo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rúno"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "runo"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volna"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vellón"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vellocino"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lana"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"nobility",
"monarchy",
"politics",
"government",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "toisón"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "sva",
"lang": "Svan",
"roman": "mäṭq̇",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მა̈ტყ"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "balahibo ng tupa"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "yapağı"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šerstʹ",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шерсть"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vóvna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "во́вна"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cnu"
},
{
"_dis1": "76 7 1 1 1 1 13",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cnuf"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Insulating skin with the wool attached"
],
"id": "en-fleece-en-noun-NyNAEXmv",
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velló"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vell"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rouno"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vel"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "(kruda) felo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "(preparita) pelto"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "talja"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 87 1 4 1 1 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обдира́ть"
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"_dis1": "95 5 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ободра́ть как ли́пку"
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"_dis1": "95 5 0",
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"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "esquilmar"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "desplumar"
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"_dis1": "95 5 0",
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"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "pungslå"
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{
"_dis1": "95 5 0",
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"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
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"_dis1": "95 5 0",
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{
"_dis1": "95 5 0",
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"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to shear the fleece",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "keritä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "pašm čidan",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "پشم چیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "fariz kardan",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "فریز کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stričʹ ovéc",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "стричь ове́ц"
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "esquilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 100 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
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"(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool."
],
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"transitive"
]
}
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"taxonomic": "Polygonum aubertii",
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{
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{
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[
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "skaapvag"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "burd",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "բուրդ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "geġm",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "գեղմ"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šerscʹ",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шэрсць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vóŭna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "во́ўна"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kreoñ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎ̀lna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "въ̀лна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "velló"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vell"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yángmáo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "羊毛"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knew"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rouno"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlna"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schaapsvacht"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schapenvacht"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "ŝaflano"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "ŝafharo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "karva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "villa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toison"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "capela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vélaro"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "maṭq̇li",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მატყლი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Vlies"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "proviá",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "προβιά"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "milotí",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μηλωτή"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pókos",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πόκος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kôas",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "κῶας"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "nákē",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "νάκη"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gizzá",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גִּזָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "gyapjú"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lomra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vello"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōmō",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "羊毛"
},
{
"alt": "羊毛",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yangmo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "양모"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "vellus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vilna"
},
{
"code": "lzz",
"lang": "Laz",
"roman": "monťǩori",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მონტკორი"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "runo",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "volna",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "волна"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "flees"
},
{
"code": "xmf",
"lang": "Mingrelian",
"roman": "monṭq̇ori",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "მონტყორი"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "yapağı",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "یاپاغی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "runo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "wełna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "tosão"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "rutuy"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "millma"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"word": "lână"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "runó",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šerstʹ",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шерсть"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "rùsg"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "руно"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "вуна"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "runo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "vuna"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "hair or wool of a sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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"code": "uk",
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],
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{
"code": "cy",
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"masculine"
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"code": "nl",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
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{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "(preparita) pelto"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "talja"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "toison"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Fell"
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{
"code": "el",
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],
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"code": "grc",
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"code": "grc",
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{
"code": "hu",
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"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "gyapjas bőr"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vello"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pelliccia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tosone"
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{
"alt": "羊毛",
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"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "양모"
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{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
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"code": "enm",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "insulating skin with the wool attached",
"word": "pelego"
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piel"
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "ca",
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],
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{
"code": "eo",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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{
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "is",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "it",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "ja",
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{
"code": "ro",
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "флис"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "textile",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "textile",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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],
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "uk",
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],
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "insulating woolly jacket",
"word": "抓绒衣"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "insulating woolly jacket",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "flís"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "fleecetakki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insulating woolly jacket",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insulating woolly jacket",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Fleecejacke"
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{
"code": "is",
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"sense": "insulating woolly jacket",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "flíspeysa"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "pile"
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{
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "peulliseu",
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"word": "플리스"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oskubvam",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "оскубвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "plomar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "pelar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "oplichten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "nylkeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "dévaliser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "dépouiller"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "esfolar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "abziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "ausnehmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "betrügen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "beschwindeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "übers Ohr hauen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "megvág"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "megkopaszt"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "feann"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "spiumare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "pelare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "dēfloccō"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "stoarce"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obdirátʹ",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"tags": [
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"word": "обдира́ть"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obodrátʹ kak lípku",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ободра́ть как ли́пку"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "esquilmar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "desplumar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "skinna"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "pungslå"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "skörta upp"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "pluo"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to con or trick someone out of money",
"word": "plingo"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "striža",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "стрижа"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "keritä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "tondre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "scheren"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "پشم چیدن"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "فریز کردن"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stričʹ ovéc",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "стричь ове́ц"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "esquilar"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "to shear the fleece",
"word": "cneifio"
}
],
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"word": "fleece"
}
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