See footing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form_of": [
{
"word": "foot"
}
],
"glosses": [
"present participle and gerund of foot"
],
"links": [
[
"foot",
"foot#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"gerund",
"participle",
"present"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfʊtɪŋ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-footing.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c4/En-us-footing.ogg/En-us-footing.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/En-us-footing.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʊtɪŋ"
}
],
"word": "footing"
}
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