"fowl" meaning in English

See fowl in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: fowler [comparative], fowlest [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} fowl (comparative fowler, superlative fowlest)
  1. (obsolete) foul Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-fowl-en-adj-dytW~NSZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /faʊl/ Audio: en-us-fowl.ogg Forms: fowl [plural], fowls [plural]
enPR: foul Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl Etymology: From Middle English foul, foghel, fowel, fowele, from Old English fugol (“bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, dissimilated variant of *fluglaz (compare Old English flugol ‘fleeing’, Mercian fluglas heofun ‘birds of the air’), from *fleuganą (“to fly”). Cognate with West Frisian fûgel, Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, German Vogel, Swedish fågel, Danish and Norwegian fugl. Doublet of voël. More at fly. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*plewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|foul}} Middle English foul, {{inh|en|ang|fugol|t=bird}} Old English fugol (“bird”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fugl}} Proto-West Germanic *fugl, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fuglaz}} Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, {{cog|ang|flugol}} Old English flugol, {{cog|fy|fûgel}} West Frisian fûgel, {{cog|nds|Vagel}} Low German Vagel, {{cog|nl|vogel}} Dutch vogel, {{cog|de|Vogel}} German Vogel, {{cog|sv|fågel}} Swedish fågel, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|fugl}} Norwegian fugl, {{doublet|en|voël}} Doublet of voël Head templates: {{en-noun|*|s}} fowl (plural fowl or fowls)
  1. A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae. Translations (bird of the order Galliformes): stuk pluimvee [neuter] (Dutch), kanalintu (Finnish), volaille [feminine] (French), Stück Federvieh [neuter] (German), Geflügel [neuter] (German), πουλερικό (poulerikó) [neuter] (Greek), baromfi (Hungarian), szárnyas (Hungarian), ayam (Indonesian), pollame [masculine] (Italian), pitik (Javanese), ಕೋಳಿ (kōḷi) (Kodava), mājputns [masculine] (Latvian), naminis paukštis [masculine] (Lithuanian), pjerina [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), pollo [masculine] (Neapolitan), fjærfe [neuter] (Norwegian), polalha [feminine] (Occitan), volalha [feminine] (Occitan), pitik (Old Javanese), طاوق (tavuk) (Ottoman Turkish), مرغ (mürg) (Ottoman Turkish), ماکیان (mâkiyân) (Persian), drób [masculine] (Polish), galiforme [masculine] (Portuguese), дома́шняя пти́ца (domášnjaja ptíca) [feminine] (Russian), ave [feminine] (Spanish), kümes hayvanı (Turkish), gok (Volapük) Translations (birds which are hunted or kept for food): gevogelte [neuter] (Dutch), riistalintu (english: hunted) (Finnish), siipikarja (english: kept) (Finnish), volaille [feminine] (French), Geflügel [neuter] (German), πουλερικό (poulerikó) [neuter] (Greek), szárnyas (Hungarian), víziszárnyas (Hungarian), fiðurfé [neuter] (Icelandic), éanlaith [feminine] (Irish), volatile [masculine] (Italian), pjerina [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), طاوق (tavuk) (Ottoman Turkish), مرغ (mürg) (Ottoman Turkish), ptactwo [neuter] (Polish), ave de criação/corte [feminine] (Portuguese), перна́тая дичь (pernátaja dičʹ) (english: hunted) [feminine] (Russian), hydina (english: kept) [feminine, plural] (Slovak), hyd (english: kept) [masculine, plural] (Slovak), ave [feminine] (Spanish), kümes hayvanı (Turkish)
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  2. (archaic) Any bird. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-fowl-en-noun-w2QPT0jN Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 29 14 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 48 40 5 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fowl, gamefowl, poultry, wildfowl Hypernyms: vertebrate, animal, bird Meronyms: See Thesaurus:bird Related terms: :Category:Birds

Verb

IPA: /faʊl/ Audio: en-us-fowl.ogg Forms: fowls [present, singular, third-person], fowling [participle, present], fowled [participle, past], fowled [past]
enPR: foul Rhymes: -aʊl, -aʊəl Etymology: From Middle English foul, foghel, fowel, fowele, from Old English fugol (“bird”), from Proto-West Germanic *fugl, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, dissimilated variant of *fluglaz (compare Old English flugol ‘fleeing’, Mercian fluglas heofun ‘birds of the air’), from *fleuganą (“to fly”). Cognate with West Frisian fûgel, Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, German Vogel, Swedish fågel, Danish and Norwegian fugl. Doublet of voël. More at fly. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*plewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|foul}} Middle English foul, {{inh|en|ang|fugol|t=bird}} Old English fugol (“bird”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*fugl}} Proto-West Germanic *fugl, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*fuglaz}} Proto-Germanic *fuglaz, {{cog|ang|flugol}} Old English flugol, {{cog|fy|fûgel}} West Frisian fûgel, {{cog|nds|Vagel}} Low German Vagel, {{cog|nl|vogel}} Dutch vogel, {{cog|de|Vogel}} German Vogel, {{cog|sv|fågel}} Swedish fågel, {{cog|da|-}} Danish, {{cog|no|fugl}} Norwegian fugl, {{doublet|en|voël}} Doublet of voël Head templates: {{en-verb}} fowl (third-person singular simple present fowls, present participle fowling, simple past and past participle fowled)
  1. To hunt fowl. Derived forms: fowler, fowling Translations (to hunt fowl): foulen (Middle English), polować na drób [imperfective] (Polish), adara (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fowl-en-verb-en:verb Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 35 29 14 12 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "translation": "And now I take upon myself the adventures of holy things / And now I see and understand that my old sin hinders me and shames me / so that I had no power to steer nor speak when the holy blood appeared afore me / So thus he sorrowed till it was day / and heard the fowls sing / then somewhat he was comforted",
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      "word": "Philippine fowl disease"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "piping-guan"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "tree-quail"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "wood-partridge"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "wood-quail"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "Single species"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "canvasback"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "chukar"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "dabchick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "gadwall"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "garganey"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "hardhead"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "maleo"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "mallard"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "malleefowl"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "redhead"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "smew"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "spotbill"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "rosybill"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "meronyms": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "See Thesaurus:bird"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": ":Category:Birds"
    }
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  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A bird hunted or kept for food, grouped into landfowl (order Galliformes), also called gamefowl, and waterfowl (order Anseriformes: ducks, geese, swans, etc.), which together form the clade Galloanserae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "landfowl",
          "landfowl"
        ],
        [
          "Galliformes",
          "Galliformes#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "gamefowl",
          "gamefowl"
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        [
          "waterfowl",
          "waterfowl"
        ],
        [
          "Anseriformes",
          "Anseriformes#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "duck",
          "duck"
        ],
        [
          "geese",
          "goose"
        ],
        [
          "swan",
          "swan"
        ],
        [
          "clade",
          "clade"
        ],
        [
          "Galloanserae",
          "Galloanserae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
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            [
              265,
              270
            ]
          ],
          "english": "And now I take upon myself the adventures of holy things / And now I see and understand that my old sin hinders me and shames me / so that I had no power to steer nor speak when the holy blood appeared afore me / So thus he sorrowed till it was day / and heard the fowls sing / then somewhat he was comforted",
          "ref": "1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter XIX, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:",
          "text": "And now I take vpon me the aduentures of holy thynges / & now I see and vnderstande that myn old synne hyndereth me and shameth me / so that I had no power to stere nor speke whan the holy blood appiered afore me / So thus he sorowed til hit was day / & herd the fowles synge / thenne somwhat he was comforted",
          "translation": "And now I take upon myself the adventures of holy things / And now I see and understand that my old sin hinders me and shames me / so that I had no power to steer nor speak when the holy blood appeared afore me / So thus he sorrowed till it was day / and heard the fowls sing / then somewhat he was comforted",
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        }
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        "Any bird."
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          "bird"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) Any bird."
      ],
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        "archaic"
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      "enpr": "foul"
    },
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      "ipa": "/faʊl/"
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      "homophone": "foul"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
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      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "fowl"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "gamefowl"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "poultry"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:fowl",
      "word": "wildfowl"
    }
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stuk pluimvee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "kanalintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stück Federvieh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geflügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "poulerikó",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πουλερικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "baromfi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "szárnyas"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "ayam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pollame"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jv",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "pitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "kfa",
      "lang": "Kodava",
      "lang_code": "kfa",
      "roman": "kōḷi",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "ಕೋಳಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "lang_code": "lv",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mājputns"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naminis paukštis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "lang_code": "nap",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fjærfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "polalha"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "lang_code": "oc",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volalha"
    },
    {
      "code": "kaw",
      "lang": "Old Javanese",
      "lang_code": "kaw",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "pitik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "tavuk",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "طاوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "mürg",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "مرغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "roman": "mâkiyân",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "ماکیان"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "drób"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galiforme"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "domášnjaja ptíca",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дома́шняя пти́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pjerina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ave"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "kümes hayvanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "lang_code": "vo",
      "sense": "bird of the order Galliformes",
      "word": "gok"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gevogelte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "hunted",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "translation": "hunted",
      "word": "riistalintu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "kept",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "translation": "kept",
      "word": "siipikarja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "volaille"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Geflügel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "poulerikó",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πουλερικό"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "word": "szárnyas"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "word": "víziszárnyas"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fiðurfé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "éanlaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volatile"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "tavuk",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "word": "طاوق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "mürg",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "word": "مرغ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ptactwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ave de criação/corte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "hunted",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "pernátaja dičʹ",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "hunted",
      "word": "перна́тая дичь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "kept",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "translation": "kept",
      "word": "hydina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "english": "kept",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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      "translation": "kept",
      "word": "hyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "lang_code": "dsb",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pjerina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ave"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "birds which are hunted or kept for food",
      "word": "kümes hayvanı"
    }
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      "form": "fowled",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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          "text": "We took our guns and went fowling.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To hunt fowl."
      ],
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          "hunt",
          "hunt"
        ]
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        "en:verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "enpr": "foul"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/faʊl/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/En-us-fowl.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "foul"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "sense": "to hunt fowl",
      "word": "foulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "to hunt fowl",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "polować na drób"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "to hunt fowl",
      "word": "adara"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fowl"
}

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    "Middle English alternative forms",
    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fowler",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fowlest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Paradise Lost, John Milton\nSay first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view / Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause / Mov'd our Grand Parents in that happy State / Favour'd of Heav'n so highly, to fall off / From their Creator, and transgress his Will / For one restraint, Lords of the World besides? / Who first seduc'd them to that fowl revolt?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        "(obsolete) foul"
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "fowl"
}

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