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},
{
"form": "libbed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "lib (third-person singular simple present libs, present participle libbing, simple past and past participle libbed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "glib"
},
{
"word": "libbert"
},
{
"word": "libbet"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English dialectal terms",
"English transitive verbs",
"Northern England English",
"Scottish English"
],
"glosses": [
"To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals)."
],
"links": [
[
"geld",
"geld"
],
[
"castrate",
"castrate"
],
[
"emasculate",
"emasculate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals)."
],
"tags": [
"Northern-England",
"Scotland",
"UK",
"dialectal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɪb/"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lib.wav",
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2b/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lib.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-lib.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪb"
}
],
"word": "lib"
}
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