See muse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"args": {},
"expansion": "muse (plural muses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset."
],
"links": [
[
"muset",
"muset"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "myo͞oz"
},
{
"ipa": "/mjuːz/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjuz/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-muse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/07/En-us-muse.ogg/En-us-muse.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/En-us-muse.ogg",
"tags": [
"California"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/mjʉːz/",
"tags": [
"Australia",
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-muse.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/En-au-muse.ogg/En-au-muse.ogg.mp3",
"note": "Queensland",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-au-muse.ogg"
},
{
"homophone": "mews"
},
{
"homophone": "Meuse"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːz"
}
],
"word": "muse"
}
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