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"etymology_text": "From Middle English plommet (“ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line”), recorded since 1382, from Old French plommet or plomet, the diminutive of plom, plum (“lead, sounding lead”), from Latin plumbum (“lead”). The verb is first recorded in 1626, originally meaning “to fathom, take soundings\", from the noun.",
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"A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line."
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"(archaic, nautical) A piece of lead attached to a line, used in sounding the depth of water; a plumb bob or a plumb line."
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],
"word": "شَاقُول"
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"word": "ܡܰܫܩܠܳܐ"
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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"masculine"
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"word": "отвес"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "鉛垂線"
},
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"roman": "qiānchuíxiàn",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "铅垂线"
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "schietlood"
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"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḫꜣy",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "xA-A-i-i-T14-T14-V1"
},
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "koho"
},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "luotilanka"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "fil à plomb"
},
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lot"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blei"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Senker"
},
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alfádi",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αλφάδι"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "státhmē",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "στάθμη"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "molúbdaina",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μολύβδαινα"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "anách",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אֲנָךְ"
},
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aigeach"
},
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luaidhe"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "filo a piombo"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piombino"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "perpendiculum"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vísok",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́сок"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "paramu"
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lodd"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
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"word": "blylodd"
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "nn",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "şakul",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "شاقول"
},
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sonda",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "سونده"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "iskandil",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "اسقندیل"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gez",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "گز"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šâğul",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "شاغول"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciężarek"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pion"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prumo"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "lot",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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],
"word": "отве́с"
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́сак"
},
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "visak"
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{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiummata"
},
{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plomada"
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{
"_dis1": "72 9 12 3 5",
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
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"neuter"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "lûuk-dìng",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "ลูกดิ่ง"
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"ref": "1945, Ernie Pyle, Here Is Your War: Story of G.I. Joe, The World Publishing Company, page 93",
"text": "His parachute was shot half away, and if he'd jumped he would have fallen like a plummet.",
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"Hence, any weight."
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"(archaic) Hence, any weight."
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"_dis1": "6 89 4 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "težest",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "тежест"
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"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "any weight",
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"_dis1": "6 89 4 0 0",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "piombo"
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"sense": "any weight",
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"A piece of lead formerly used by schoolchildren to rule paper for writing (that is, to mark with rules, with lines)."
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"A violent or dramatic fall."
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "rjazko spadane",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"word": "рязко спадане"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sturz"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "Absturz"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
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"word": "Sturzflug"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "styrt"
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
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"word": "nedstyrting"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
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"word": "sbalancata"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
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"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sdirrupuni"
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
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"tags": [
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"_dis1": "1 1 1 86 11",
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"word": "tummata 'n terra"
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"ref": "2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC",
"text": "Yet another seriously under-par performance is unlikely to provide any real answers to their remarkable plummet in form - but it proves they can at least churn out a much-needed result.",
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"A decline; a fall; a drop."
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[
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"(figuratively) A decline; a fall; a drop."
],
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abfall"
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"_dis1": "3 2 2 7 85",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Absturz"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 2 7 85",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "decline, fall, drop",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rickgang"
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"word": "מַשְׁקוּלְתָּא"
},
{
"code": "arc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "maṯqūltā",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Jewish",
"feminine"
],
"word": "מַתְקוּלְתָּא"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "mašqəlā",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Syriac",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܡܰܫܩܠܳܐ"
},
{
"code": "syc",
"lang": "Aramaic",
"roman": "maṯqālā",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Syriac",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܡܰܬܩܳܠܴܐ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otves",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отвес"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "鉛垂線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiānchuíxiàn",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "铅垂线"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "olovnice"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "schietlood"
},
{
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "ḫꜣy",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "xA-A-i-i-T14-T14-V1"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "koho"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "luotilanka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "fil à plomb"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Lot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blei"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Senker"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Senklot"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Senkblei"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "alfádi",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αλφάδι"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "státhmē",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "στάθμη"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "molúbdaina",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "μολύβδαινα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "anách",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אֲנָךְ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aigeach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "luaidhe"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "filo a piombo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piombino"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "perpendiculum"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vísok",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́сок"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "paramu"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lodd"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blylodd"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lodd"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blylodd"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "şakul",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "شاقول"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sonda",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "سونده"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "iskandil",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "اسقندیل"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "gez",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "گز"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šâğul",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "شاغول"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciężarek"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pion"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prumo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lot",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лот"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отве́с"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́сак"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"Latin",
"masculine"
],
"word": "visak"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chiummata"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "filu a chiummu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plomada"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lod"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "lodlina"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lûuk-dìng",
"sense": "lead on a line, plumb bob, plummet line",
"word": "ลูกดิ่ง"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "težest",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тежест"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Gewicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Bleigewicht"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "piombo"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "any weight",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazko spadane",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"word": "рязко спадане"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sturz"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Absturz"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sturzflug"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "styrt"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
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{
"code": "scn",
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"sense": "violent or dramatic fall",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sbalancata"
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "sdirrupata"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
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"word": "tummata 'n terra"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abnahme"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Verfall"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "it",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "it",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "scn",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "scn",
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"feminine"
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"code": "scn",
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"tags": [
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],
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"code": "scn",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "sdirrupata"
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"code": "scn",
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"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to drop swiftly\"",
"word": "ascend"
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to drop swiftly\"",
"word": "rise"
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to drop swiftly\"",
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to drop swiftly\"",
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"to drop swiftly\"",
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"text": "After its ascent, the arrow plummeted to earth.",
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"ref": "2022 October 4, Kate Conger, Lauren Hirsch, “Elon Musk Suggests Buying Twitter at His Original Price”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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{
"ref": "2022 December 14, Christian Wolmar, “No Marston Vale line trains... and no one in charge seems to 'give a damn'”, in RAIL, number 972, page 46",
"text": "Passenger numbers had been rising sharply. But the replacement of the services by buses, which take far longer because of the number of stations in out-of-the-way villages on the route, will ensure they plummet again.",
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"To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly."
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[
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"(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly."
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{
"sense": "to drop swiftly",
"word": "dive"
},
{
"sense": "to drop swiftly",
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},
{
"sense": "to drop swiftly",
"word": "fall"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "padam pravo nadolu",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "падам право надолу"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "omlaagschieten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "tuimelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "kelderen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "syöksyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "romahtaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "dégringoler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "chuter"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "abstürzen"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "absinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "abfallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "fallen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "heruntersinken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "herunterstürzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "sacken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "absacken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "nachgeben"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "zuhan"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "steypast"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stingast"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "precipitare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "cadere a piombo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "makere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "tirikohu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "urupou"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "dykke"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "styrtdykke"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "gwałtownie spadać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "runąć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "cair"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "despencar"
},
{
"alt": "ре́зко (rézko)",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pádatʹ",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "па́дать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ruxnutʹ",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "рухнуть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "obrušiti se"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "strmoglaviti se"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "chiummarisfunnari"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "caer en picado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "falla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "rasa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "störta"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "stupa"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "sumadsad"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dìng",
"sense": "to drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly",
"word": "ดิ่ง"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"en:plummet"
],
"word": "plummet"
}
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