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"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "forehanding",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "forehanded",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "forehanded",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "forehand (third-person singular simple present forehands, present participle forehanding, simple past and past participle forehanded)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To strike with a forehand stroke."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To strike with a forehand stroke."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fɔːhænd/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɔːɹhænd/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-forehand.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forehand.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forehand.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forehand.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-forehand.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "forehand"
}
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