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{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lies in wait",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lying in wait",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lay in wait",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lain in wait",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lie<,,lay,lain> in wait"
},
"expansion": "lie in wait (third-person singular simple present lies in wait, present participle lying in wait, simple past lay in wait, past participle lain in wait)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly."
],
"id": "en-lie_in_wait-en-verb-C2w6l-J5",
"links": [
[
"ambush",
"ambush"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"accost",
"accost"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "daranakalel",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "դարանակալել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "débna",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "де́бна"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "être à l’affût"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "enedreúō",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ἐνεδρεύω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phulássō",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "φυλάσσω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aráv",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "אָרַב"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "sitja um"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "liggja í launsátri"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "sitja fyrir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "appostarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "stare in agguato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "harikomu",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "張り込む"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "aucupor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "īnsidior"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "fo-lhie"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czatować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "emboscar-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "tocaiar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "chapatiyay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýslitʹ",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "злоумы́слить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "estar al acecho"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ligga på lur"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusuya yatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusu kurmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusmak"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ǂqàa"
}
]
}
],
"word": "lie in wait"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "lies in wait",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lying in wait",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lay in wait",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lain in wait",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lie<,,lay,lain> in wait"
},
"expansion": "lie in wait (third-person singular simple present lies in wait, present participle lying in wait, simple past lay in wait, past participle lain in wait)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Japanese terms with redundant script codes"
],
"glosses": [
"To be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly."
],
"links": [
[
"ambush",
"ambush"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"accost",
"accost"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "daranakalel",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "դարանակալել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "débna",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "де́бна"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "être à l’affût"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "enedreúō",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ἐνεδρεύω"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phulássō",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "φυλάσσω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "aráv",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "אָרַב"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "sitja um"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "liggja í launsátri"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "sitja fyrir"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "appostarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "stare in agguato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "harikomu",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "張り込む"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "aucupor"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "īnsidior"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "fo-lhie"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "pusmak",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "پوصمق"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "czatować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "emboscar-se"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "tocaiar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "chapatiyay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zloumýslitʹ",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "злоумы́слить"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "estar al acecho"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ligga på lur"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusuya yatmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusu kurmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "pusmak"
},
{
"code": "nmn",
"lang": "ǃXóõ",
"sense": "to be hiding to ambush",
"word": "ǂqàa"
}
],
"word": "lie in wait"
}
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