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[
"state",
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"establish",
"establish"
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"formulate",
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"rule",
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"policies",
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"(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies)."
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"glosses": [
"To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by."
],
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"future",
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],
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"lay by",
"lay by"
]
]
},
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"To euthanize an animal."
],
"links": [
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"euthanize"
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],
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"(euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal."
],
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"glosses": [
"To sacrifice, especially in the phrase \"to lay down one's life.\""
],
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"sacrifice"
]
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
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],
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{
"text": "I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while."
}
],
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"To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting."
],
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],
[
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"rest",
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"(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting."
],
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},
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"glosses": [
"To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build."
],
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"(nautical, dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build."
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{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"note": "a long object",
"roman": "adia",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "ᎠᏗᎠ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "luovuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "laskea"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "desistir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "recuar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sdavátʹsja",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "сдава́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to surrender or yield (a weapon) by placing it on the ground",
"word": "soltar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ustanovjavam",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "установявам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "määrätä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "säätää"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "delinear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "poner"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to specify or establish (rules)",
"word": "establecer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "käydä makuulle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "käydä pitkäkseen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "se coucher"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "se cuccà"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "położyć się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "deitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to lie down for rest",
"word": "acostarse"
}
],
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}
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms with audio links",
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"name": "inh"
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"text": "He lay down in his bed until he felt better."
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"word": "lie down"
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