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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unfurl"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "ferlier"
},
"expansion": "Old French ferlier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ferler"
},
"expansion": "French ferler",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "furls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "furling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "furled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "furled",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {},
"expansion": "furl (third-person singular simple present furls, present participle furling, simple past and past participle furled)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man",
"text": "When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191",
"text": "\"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)"
],
"id": "en-furl-en-verb-Uuy5E8dp",
"links": [
[
"lower",
"lower"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"sail",
"sail"
],
[
"flag",
"flag"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svivam",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "свивам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sgǎvam",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "сгъвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pribiram",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "прибирам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "gekruld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "ferler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aferrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aufrollen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "bergen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "einrollen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "ammainare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "chiudere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "rīwhi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "patchi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "sèrrer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjórtyvatʹ",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "свёртывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aferrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "recoger"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"furl (sailing)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fɜːl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɝl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-furl.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-furl.ogg/En-us-furl.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-furl.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "furl"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "unfurl"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "ferlier"
},
"expansion": "Old French ferlier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "ferler"
},
"expansion": "French ferler",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Perhaps from Old French ferlier, modern French ferler.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "furls",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "furling",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "furled",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "furled",
"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
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"Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
"English 1-syllable words",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms derived from Old French",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"English verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)l",
"Rhymes:English/ɜː(ɹ)l/1 syllable"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man",
"text": "When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191",
"text": "\"'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen.\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)"
],
"links": [
[
"lower",
"lower"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"sail",
"sail"
],
[
"flag",
"flag"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To lower, roll up and secure (something, such as a sail or flag)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"wikipedia": [
"furl (sailing)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fɜːl/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɝl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)l"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-furl.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/En-us-furl.ogg/En-us-furl.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/En-us-furl.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "svivam",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "свивам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sgǎvam",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "сгъвам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pribiram",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "прибирам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "gekruld"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "ferler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aferrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aufrollen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "bergen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "einrollen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "ammainare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "chiudere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "rīwhi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "patchi"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "sèrrer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svjórtyvatʹ",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "свёртывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "aferrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lower, roll up and secure something",
"word": "recoger"
}
],
"word": "furl"
}
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