"girth" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɜːθ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝθ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girth.wav Forms: girths [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰerdʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|girth}} Middle English girth, {{der|en|non|gjǫrð}} Old Norse gjǫrð, {{der|en|gem-pro|*gerdō}} Proto-Germanic *gerdō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰerdʰ-|t=to encircle, enclose; belt}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), {{cog|is|gjörð}} Icelandic gjörð, {{cog|de|Gurt}} German Gurt, {{cog|en|gird}} English gird, {{cog|sq|ngërthej|t=to tie, bind, fasten}} Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} girth (countable and uncountable, plural girths)
  1. A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Horse tack Translations (A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place): palldëm [masculine] (Albanian), qingël [feminine] (Albanian), vithatore [feminine] (Albanian), nënbishte [feminine] (Albanian), praqe [feminine] (Albanian), stragalë [feminine] (Albanian), örkən (Azerbaijani), kəfə [dialectal] (Azerbaijani), cingla [feminine] (Catalan), podpěnka [feminine] (Czech), podbřišník [masculine] (Czech), singel [masculine] (Dutch), cenlla [feminine] (Galician), cincha [feminine] (Galician), atafal [masculine] (Galician), სატე (saṭe) (Georgian), Sattelgurt [masculine] (German), selkänahka (Ingrian), kati (Maori), gerth (Middle English), cilha [feminine] (Portuguese), подпру́га (podprúga) [feminine] (Russian), cincha [feminine] (Spanish), sadelgjord [common-gender] (Swedish), satiyan (Tagalog), paniyan (Tagalog), попру́га (poprúha) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gılonc (diq) (Zazaki) Translations (equipment): satulavyö (Finnish), Sattelgurt [masculine] (German), gjörð [feminine] (Icelandic), söðulgjörð [feminine] (Icelandic), gurto (Ido), колан за седло (kolan za sedlo) [masculine] (Macedonian), salgjord [masculine] (Norwegian), popręg [masculine] (Polish), подпру́га (podprúga) [feminine] (Russian), cincha [feminine] (Spanish), sadelgjord [common-gender] (Swedish), gjord [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-4WNBQ2PT Disambiguation of Horse tack: 53 6 15 8 3 12 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Zazaki translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 1 13 8 1 14 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 62 4 13 3 4 10 5 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 2 13 8 2 11 2 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 3 15 3 3 13 4 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 2 16 2 2 13 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 47 4 15 14 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 47 4 15 14 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 48 4 15 13 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 4 14 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 44 3 15 17 4 12 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 52 5 14 6 6 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 4 14 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 52 5 13 7 5 10 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 51 4 14 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 46 4 15 15 5 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 52 4 14 7 6 12 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 46 4 14 17 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 3 15 16 4 14 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 48 4 15 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 55 3 17 6 4 12 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 53 5 14 7 5 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 55 4 14 6 4 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 47 4 15 14 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 48 4 15 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 57 4 11 6 5 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 48 4 15 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 47 5 16 10 6 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 49 3 13 16 5 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 55 4 14 6 4 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 57 4 14 4 4 12 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 3 14 11 5 10 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 51 4 14 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 48 4 15 12 5 11 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 55 4 14 6 4 12 5 Disambiguation of 'A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place': 82 3 6 3 1 5 Disambiguation of 'equipment': 52 11 17 15 0 6
  2. The part of an animal around which the girth fits. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-e-RFjisN
  3. (informal) One's waistline circumference, most often a large one. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-Od25GTJ5
  4. A small horizontal brace or girder. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-zPMKVArZ
  5. The distance measured around an object. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the distance measured around an object): обиколка (obikolka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), obvod [masculine] (Czech), omtrek [masculine] (Dutch), omvang [masculine] (Dutch), ympärysmitta (Finnish), circonférence [feminine] (French), tour [feminine] (French), გარშემოხვევა (garšemoxveva) (Georgian), გარშემორტყმა (garšemorṭq̇ma) (Georgian), Umfang [masculine] (German), היקף (hekef) (Hebrew), kerület (Hungarian), körfogat (Hungarian), circonferenza [feminine] (Italian), обем (obem) [masculine] (Macedonian), omkrets [masculine] (Norwegian), circunferência (Portuguese), обхва́т (obxvát) [masculine] (Russian), circunferencia [feminine] (Spanish), omkrets [common-gender] (Swedish), omfång [neuter] (Swedish), окру́жність (okrúžnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-weHXmuMg Disambiguation of 'the distance measured around an object': 1 3 1 0 96 0
  6. (graph theory) The length of the shortest cycle in a graph. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Graph theory Translations (graph theory): maille [feminine] (French), cintura [feminine] (Galician), calibro [masculine] (Italian), cintura [feminine] (Portuguese), cintura [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-girth-en-noun-1zDui28P Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'graph theory': 15 1 28 10 0 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: circumference, cinch Derived forms: breast girth, breast-girth, girthen, girthful, girth-galled, girthless, girthly, girthsome, girth strap, girthy

Verb

IPA: /ɡɜːθ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɝθ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-girth.wav Forms: girths [present, singular, third-person], girthing [participle, present], girthed [participle, past], girthed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)θ Etymology: From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰerdʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|girth}} Middle English girth, {{der|en|non|gjǫrð}} Old Norse gjǫrð, {{der|en|gem-pro|*gerdō}} Proto-Germanic *gerdō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰerdʰ-|t=to encircle, enclose; belt}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”), {{cog|got|𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰}} Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), {{cog|is|gjörð}} Icelandic gjörð, {{cog|de|Gurt}} German Gurt, {{cog|en|gird}} English gird, {{cog|sq|ngërthej|t=to tie, bind, fasten}} Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} girth (third-person singular simple present girths, present participle girthing, simple past and past participle girthed)
  1. To bind as if with a girth or band.
    Sense id: en-girth-en-verb-ba5g8yS7

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "word": "praqe"
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "word": "örkən"
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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        {
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "word": "cingla"
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "podpěnka"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cenlla"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          ],
          "word": "cincha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "atafal"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "word": "სატე"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cilha"
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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          "word": "подпру́га"
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "cincha"
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          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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        {
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          "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 3 6 3 1 5",
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          "word": "salgjord"
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      "word": "breast girth"
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      "code": "sq",
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      "word": "örkən"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cingla"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "podpěnka"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "podbřišník"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cenlla"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cincha"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atafal"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saṭe",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "სატე"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sattelgurt"
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      "code": "izh",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "selkänahka"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "kati"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "gerth"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cilha"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "podprúga",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "подпру́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "cincha"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "satiyan"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "A band or strap passed under an animal to hold a saddle in place",
      "word": "gılonc (diq)"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обиколка"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obvod"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "omtrek"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "omvang"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "ympärysmitta"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "გარშემოხვევა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "გარშემორტყმა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "hekef",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "היקף"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "kerület"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "körfogat"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "circonferenza"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "obem",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обем"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "omkrets"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "word": "circunferência"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obxvát",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обхва́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "circunferencia"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
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      "word": "omkrets"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "omfång"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "okrúžnistʹ",
      "sense": "the distance measured around an object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "окру́жність"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "word": "satulavyö"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Sattelgurt"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "gjörð"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "söðulgjörð"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "word": "gurto"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolan za sedlo",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "колан за седло"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "salgjord"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "popręg"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podprúga",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "подпру́га"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "equipment",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cincha"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "equipment",
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      "word": "sadelgjord"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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