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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "gropien"
},
"expansion": "Middle English gropien",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "grāpian"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "ang",
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},
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},
{
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},
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},
{
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English gropien, from Old English grāpian, related to grīpan (whence English gripe); compare also grip.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gropes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "groping",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
},
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]
}
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To feel with or use the hands; to handle."
],
"id": "en-grope-en-verb-63wpiCEQ",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To feel with or use the hands; to handle."
],
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{
"_dis1": "56 34 4 4 2",
"sense": "to feel with the hands",
"word": "touch"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "əlləmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "əlləşdirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opipvam",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "опипвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mōsuǒ",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "摸索"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tunnustella"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "käsitellä"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tâter"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tâtonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "tastare"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "palpeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "palpare"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"alt": "さぐる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saguru",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "探る"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "whāwhā"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "pipăi"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naščúpyvatʹ",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нащу́пывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "palpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "ellemek"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 12 2 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "obsolete: to feel with or use the hands",
"word": "avuçlamak"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "5 11 10 43 7 21 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "20 20 3 13 19 18 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sex",
"orig": "en:Sex",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "a. 1812. Joseph Stevens Buckminster, sermon\nto grope about a little longer among the miseries and sensualities of a worldly life"
},
{
"ref": "2021, “The Roar of the Spark”, in Naoki Hashimoto (lyrics), Daisuke Ishiwatari (music), Necessary Discrepancy",
"text": "Through the darkest sky, groping for the light / Like crying for the moon / Never-ending black, forgot what I want / Never felt that hard to me",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "xarxapʿel",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "խարխափել"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tǎrsja pipneškom",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "търся пипнешком"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mōsuǒ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "摸索"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tápat"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "betasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "palpi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "palpserĉi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tunnustella"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "kopeloida"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tâtonner"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "poupar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tappen"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "herumtasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paspatévo",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "πασπατεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "psēlapháō",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "ψηλαφάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tapogatózik"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "palpeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tastare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"alt": "さぐる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saguru",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "探る"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "whāwhā"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "muhu"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tīnaonao"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "bâjbâi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "pipăi"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščúpatʹ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "щу́пать"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oščúpyvatʹ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ощу́пывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naščúpyvatʹ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нащу́пывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "rùraich"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "palpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tantear"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "buscar a tientas"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "famla"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "taḍumu",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "తడుము"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "yoklamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "el yordamıyla aramak"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 78 0 4 5",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "paypaslamoq"
}
]
},
{
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"_dis": "20 20 3 13 19 18 6",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sex",
"orig": "en:Sex",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 6 23 12 31 17 5",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Touch",
"orig": "en:Touch",
"parents": [
"Senses",
"Perception",
"Body",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The parents found the couple kissing and groping.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually."
],
"id": "en-grope-en-verb-E2nVJj3e",
"links": [
[
"sexually",
"sexually"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "16 9 61 14 0",
"sense": "to touch sexually",
"word": "caress"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opipvam",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "опипвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "osahávat"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "betasten"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpserĉi"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "hyväillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kosketella"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kopeloida"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kouria"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "puristella"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kähmiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "hipelöidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tripoter"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "peloter"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "sobar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "cotifar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "begrapschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "grapschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paspatévo",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "πασπατεύω"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖafán",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "חָפַן"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tapogat"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tapizik"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "taperol"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "fogdos"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpare"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpeggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tastare"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"alt": "ちかんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikan suru",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "痴漢する"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "depsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "perdepsō"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "subigitō"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "takamori"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "mori"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "beføle"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tafse"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "mângâia"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "pipăi"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "dezmierda"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "giugiuli"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 7 73 12 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščúpatʹ",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
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"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "щу́пать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oščúpyvatʹ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ощу́пывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naščúpyvatʹ",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нащу́пывать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "rùraich"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "palpar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "tantear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "buscar a tientas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "famla"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "taḍumu",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "తడుము"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "yoklamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "el yordamıyla aramak"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "to search by feeling",
"word": "paypaslamoq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "opipvam",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "опипвам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "osahávat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "betasten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpserĉi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "hyväillä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kosketella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kopeloida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kouria"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "puristella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kähmiä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "hipelöidä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tripoter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "peloter"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "sobar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "cotifar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "begrapschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "grapschen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paspatévo",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "πασπατεύω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖafán",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "חָפַן"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tapogat"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tapizik"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "taperol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "fogdos"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "palpeggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tastare"
},
{
"alt": "ちかんする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chikan suru",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "痴漢する"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "depsō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "perdepsō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "subigitō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "takamori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "mori"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "beføle"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tafse"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "apalpar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "mângâia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "pipăi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "dezmierda"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "giugiuli"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščúpatʹ",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "щу́пать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lápatʹ",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ла́пать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "лезть impf (leztʹ) (к (k) + dative case)",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
]
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "caress",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "laskátʹ",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ласка́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "manosear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "meter mano"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "agarrar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "sobar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "tafsa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "talla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "kladda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "antasta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "avuçlamak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "ellemek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to touch closely and sexually",
"word": "mıncıklamak"
}
],
"word": "grope"
}
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"name": "inh"
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"3": "grāpian"
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{
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"name": "l"
}
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"forms": [
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"form": "gropes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"args": {},
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"text": "The old man tried to get a quick grope of the young lady on the train.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act of groping, especially sexually."
],
"links": [
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[
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"(informal) An act of groping, especially sexually."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 544",
"text": "Gropes appear to be pieces of iron binding together the inner joint of the fitting, and grope-nails to have been used for fastening these to the wood.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel."
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"links": [
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[
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[
"wheel",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) An iron fitting of a medieval cart wheel."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
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"ipa": "/ɡɹəʊp/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɡɹoʊp/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊp"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "grope"
}
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