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"From Medieval Latin nadir, from Arabic نَظِير السَّمْت (naẓīr as-samt), composed of نَظِير (naẓīr, “counterpart, corresponding to”) and السَّمْت (as-samt, “the zenith”).", "forms": [ { "form": "nadirs", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "nadiring", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "nadired", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "nadired", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "nadir (third-person singular simple present nadirs, present participle nadiring, simple past and past participle nadired)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English transitive verbs", "en:Beekeeping" ], "glosses": [ "To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty box at the base." ], "links": [ [ "beekeeping", "beekeeping" ], [ "extend", "extend" ], [ "beehive", "beehive" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive, beekeeping) To extend (a beehive) by adding an empty 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