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"masculine"
],
"word": "bàta-sàbhalaidh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "чамац за спасавање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "čamac za spasavanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bote salvavidas"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "livbåt"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "a boat to save shipwrecked people",
"word": "เรือชูชีพ"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lifeboat"
],
"word": "lifeboat"
}
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"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms with audio links",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From life + boat.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lifeboats",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lifeboating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lifeboated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lifeboated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To rescue; to carry to safety"
],
"links": [
[
"rescue",
"rescue"
],
[
"safety",
"safety"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪfˌbəʊt/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈlaɪfˌboʊt/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-lifeboat.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/En-us-lifeboat.ogg/En-us-lifeboat.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/En-us-lifeboat.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lifeboat"
],
"word": "lifeboat"
}
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