See leech in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "sas",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "サㇱ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rrodhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shushunjë"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjakpirës"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ushunjëz"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَلَق"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lʕaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "لعق"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tzruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "տզրուկ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avdelã"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piuvitsã"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suliucã"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোক"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanixuela"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sandixuela"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "zəli"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hölök",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "һөлөк"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "izain"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pʺjáŭka",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "п'я́ўка"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jō̃k",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোঁক"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pijávica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пия́вица"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kywat",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ကျွတ်"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hmyau.",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "မျှော့"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangonera"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cme",
"lang": "Cerma",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "diirãŋo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蜈蜞"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "螞蟥"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎhuáng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蚂蟥"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐzhì",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "水蛭"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "sĕlĕh",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сӗлӗх"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavka"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansoike"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blodigle"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "igler"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloedzuiger"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laak"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "hirudo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igli"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blóðigil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "juotikas"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "iilimato"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangsue"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuie"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuje"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sambesuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samesuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "becha"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣urbela",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "წურბელა"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blutegel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Egel"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ysope"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jaḷo",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જળો"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jokh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોખ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોક"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sansi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "mākoko"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "omo koko"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'aluká",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עֲלוּקָה"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जोंक"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जोँक"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalūkā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जलूका"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "pióca"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blóðsuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "iglur"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sanguisugo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verimato"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verenimiäin"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súmaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisuga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mignatta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"alt": "ひる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ヒル"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sülık",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлік"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "làh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ù"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cləəŋ",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ឈ្លើង"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kla",
"lang": "Klamath-Modoc",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sdaqbonks"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geomeori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "거머리"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сюлюк"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "arbijî"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлүк"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thāk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ທາກ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ປີງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hirūdō"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisūga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēle"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "lis",
"lang": "Lisu",
"roman": "wè̱",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ꓪꓰꓼ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dėlė"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pijavica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пијавица"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīraṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "നീരട്ട"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "അട്ട"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "limatuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guillag"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiollag"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ngata"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "piriawaawa"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kōkopurangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jaḷū",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जळू"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "squ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xanuur xorxoj",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хануур хорхой"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "qanaɣur qoruqai",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "akágí yitsʼǫǫsii"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguetta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "sülik",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "суьлик"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "igle"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagnairòla"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"alt": "びーる",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "biiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "zlw-ocs",
"lang": "Old Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijěvicě"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 3 4",
"code": "ota",
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[
"derive",
"derive"
],
[
"profit",
"profit"
],
[
"parasitic",
"parasitic"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) A person who derives profit from others in a parasitic fashion."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"en:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum."
],
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[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"glass",
"glass"
],
[
"tube",
"tube"
],
[
"tissue",
"tissue"
],
[
"vacuum",
"vacuum"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine, dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum."
],
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"enpr": "lēch",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-leech.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "leach"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
}
],
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{
"sense": "person who lives as a parasite",
"word": "parasite"
},
{
"word": "sponger"
},
{
"word": "bloodsucker"
},
{
"word": "vampire"
}
],
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{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "bloedsuier"
},
{
"code": "ain",
"lang": "Ainu",
"roman": "sas",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "サㇱ"
},
{
"code": "akl",
"lang": "Aklanon",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rrodhe"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "shushunjë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gjakpirës"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ushunjëz"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕalaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَلَق"
},
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lʕaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "لعق"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tzruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "տզրուկ"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "avdelã"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "piuvitsã"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "suliucã"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোক"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanixuela"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sandixuela"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "zəli"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "hölök",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "һөлөк"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "izain"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pʺjáŭka",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "п'я́ўка"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "jō̃k",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "জোঁক"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pijávica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пия́вица"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "kywat",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ကျွတ်"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "hmyau.",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "မျှော့"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangonera"
},
{
"code": "ceb",
"lang": "Cebuano",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "alimatok"
},
{
"code": "cme",
"lang": "Cerma",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "diirãŋo"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "蜈蜞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "螞蟥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mǎhuáng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蚂蟥"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuǐzhì",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "水蛭"
},
{
"code": "cv",
"lang": "Chuvash",
"roman": "sĕlĕh",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сӗлӗх"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavice"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijavka"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansoike"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "blodigle"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "igler"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bloedzuiger"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "echel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "laak"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "hirudo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kaan"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igli"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "igil"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blóðigil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "juotikas"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "iilimato"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sangsue"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuie"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sansuje"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sambesuga"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "samesuga"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "becha"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bicha"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣urbela",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "წურბელა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blutegel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Egel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bdélla",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "βδέλλα"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ysope"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jaḷo",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જળો"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jokh",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોખ"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "જોક"
},
{
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sansi"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "mākoko"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "omo koko"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "'aluká",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "עֲלוּקָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जोंक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jõk",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जोँक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "jalūkā",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "जलूका"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "pióca"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blóðsuga"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "iglur"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sanguisugo"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verimato"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "verenimiäin"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "súmaire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisuga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mignatta"
},
{
"alt": "ひる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ヒル"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sülık",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлік"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "làh"
},
{
"code": "kix",
"lang": "Khiamniungan Naga",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ù"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cləəŋ",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ឈ្លើង"
},
{
"code": "kla",
"lang": "Klamath-Modoc",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "sdaqbonks"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geomeori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "거머리"
},
{
"code": "kum",
"lang": "Kumyk",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сюлюк"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "arbijî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "сүлүк"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "thāk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ທາກ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pīng",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ປີງ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hirūdō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguisūga"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dēle"
},
{
"code": "lis",
"lang": "Lisu",
"roman": "wè̱",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ꓪꓰꓼ"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dėlė"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pijavica",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пијавица"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "lintah"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nīraṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "നീരട്ട"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "aṭṭa",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "അട്ട"
},
{
"code": "msk",
"lang": "Mansaka",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "limatuk"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guillag"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jiollag"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "ngata"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "piriawaawa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "kōkopurangi"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "jaḷū",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "जळू"
},
{
"code": "mic",
"lang": "Mi'kmaq",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"animate"
],
"word": "squ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xanuur xorxoj",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "хануур хорхой"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "qanaɣur qoruqai",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"Mongolian"
],
"word": "ᠬᠠᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "akágí yitsʼǫǫsii"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguetta"
},
{
"code": "nog",
"lang": "Nogai",
"roman": "sülik",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "суьлик"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "igle"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sagnairòla"
},
{
"alt": "びーる",
"code": "ryu",
"lang": "Okinawan",
"roman": "biiru",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "蛭"
},
{
"code": "zlw-ocs",
"lang": "Old Czech",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijěvicě"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sülük",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "سولوك"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "žawǝ́ra",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ژوره"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "waxčá",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "وخچه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zâlu",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "زالو"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "zoruk",
"sense": "annelid",
"word": "زروک"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Iel"
},
{
"code": "pox",
"lang": "Polabian",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pajăvaićă"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pijawka"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sanguessuga"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "jok",
"sense": "annelid",
"tags": [
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English lek, leche, lyche, from Old Norse lík (“leechline”), from Proto-West Germanic *līk, from Proto-Germanic *līką (compare West Frisian lyk (“band”), Dutch lijk (“boltrope”), Middle High German geleich (“joint, limb”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‘to bind’ (compare Latin ligō (“tie, bind”), Ukrainian нали́гати (nalýhaty, “to bridle, fetter”), Albanian lidh (“to bind”), Hittite link- (caus. linganu-) ‘to swear’ (with -n- infix).",
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"tags": [
"plural"
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
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"word": "foot"
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{
"word": "luff"
}
],
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"categories": [
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Nautical"
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"ref": "1984, Sven Donaldson, A Sailor's Guide to Sails, page 130:",
"text": "To help combat these problems, almost all sailmakers trim the leeches of their headsails to a hollow or concave profile and enclose a LEECHLINE within the leech tabling.",
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],
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"The vertical edge of a square sail."
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"(nautical) The vertical edge of a square sail."
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, Gary Jobson, Gary Jobson's Championship Sailing, page 176:",
"text": "Trim the leech of the jib parallel to the main by watching the slot between the mainsail and the jib.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"The aft edge of a triangular sail."
],
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"(nautical) The aft edge of a triangular sail."
],
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"tags": [
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"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/liːt͡ʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-leech.ogg"
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"homophone": "leach"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːtʃ"
}
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "vertical edge of a square sail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lijk"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vertical edge of a square sail",
"word": "liikki"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sfat hamifras",
"sense": "vertical edge of a square sail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שְׂפַת הַמִּפְרָשׂ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lik",
"sense": "vertical edge of a square sail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лик"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "vertical edge of a square sail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lijk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"word": "takaliikki"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "safa akhorit",
"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "שָׂפָה אֲחוֹרִית"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balumina"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"word": "lik"
},
{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "aft edge of a triangular sail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akterlik"
}
],
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"leech"
],
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}
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