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"word": "freedom to roam"
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"word": "free roam"
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"ref": "1986, Marc Jordan, John Capek, “Rhythm of My Heart”, in Vagabond Heart, performed by Rod Stewart, published 1991",
"text": "Oh, never will I roam / Now I know my place is home / Where the ocean meets the sky / I'll be sailin'",
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"ref": "2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2021-12-22",
"text": "Wilshere had started as a left-footed right-winger, coming in off the flank, but he and Özil both had the licence to roam. Tomas Rosicky was not tied down to one spot either and, with Ramsey breaking forward as well as Olivier Giroud's considerable presence, Marseille were overwhelmed from the moment Bacary Sagna's first touch of the night sent Wilshere running clear.",
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"To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination."
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"(intransitive) To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination."
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "err"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "shrithe"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "wandel"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tajawwala",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "تَجَوَّلَ"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "skitam",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "скитам"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "бродя"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagar"
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{
"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "漫遊"
},
{
"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mànyóu",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "漫游"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mànbù",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "漫步"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "rondwandelen"
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"sense": "wander freely",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "rondlopen"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "dwalen"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ronddwalen"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "zwerven"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "migri"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vaellella"
},
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "kuljeskella"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "harhailla"
},
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "errer"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "wandern"
},
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "umherziehen"
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"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "ƕarbōn",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽"
},
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"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "rhémbomai",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ῥέμβομαι"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "shotét",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "שוטט"
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"roman": "nadád",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "נדד"
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"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "ghūmnā",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "घूमना"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "barangol"
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"sense": "wander freely",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "kószál"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "girovagare"
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"alt": "あるきまわる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "arukimawaru",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "歩き回る"
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"roman": "urotsuku",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "うろつく"
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"alt": "さまよう",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "samayou",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "さ迷う"
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"roman": "kezu",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "кезу"
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doradanida",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "돌아다니다"
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagor"
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "pālor"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "takawhaki"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
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"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "tahawhenua"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "kōkewa"
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"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ḍulnu",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "डुल्नु"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "virre rundt"
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{
"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vel gaštan",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ول گشتن"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "fa",
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"roman": "porse zadan",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "پرسه زدن"
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagar"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vaguear"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "hoinări"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brodítʹ",
"sense": "wander freely",
"tags": [
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"word": "броди́ть"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "skitátʹsja",
"sense": "wander freely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "скита́ться"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stránstvovatʹ",
"sense": "wander freely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "стра́нствовать"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagar"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "tɔ̂ng-tîao",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ท่องเที่ยว"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "dolanmak"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "dolaşmak"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "gezinmek"
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"roman": "blukáty",
"sense": "wander freely",
"tags": [
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"word": "блука́ти"
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"_dis1": "57 33 5 6",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "lang thang"
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"text": "Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.",
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"ref": "2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55",
"text": "According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them.",
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"(transitive) To range or wander over."
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"ref": "2013, Scott Isaacs, Kyle Burns, Beginning Windows Store Application Development",
"text": "At first, it seemed counterintuitive to me to roam settings between computers, but my problem at the time was that every example I was considering was a setting that only made sense for a single computer.",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "تَجَوَّلَ"
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "скитам"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "brodja",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "бродя"
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{
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagar"
},
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "漫遊"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "mànyóu",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "漫游"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "wander freely",
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{
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"sense": "wander freely",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "harhailla"
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"code": "got",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "𐍈𐌰𐍂𐌱𐍉𐌽"
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"sense": "wander freely",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "שוטט"
},
{
"code": "he",
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{
"code": "hi",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "घूमना"
},
{
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"word": "barangol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "kóborol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "kószál"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "vagare"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "wander freely",
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"word": "歩き回る"
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{
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{
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"word": "кезу"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doradanida",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "돌아다니다"
},
{
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"word": "vagor"
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{
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"lang": "Latin",
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"word": "pālor"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"word": "takawhaki"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "tahawhenua"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "wander freely",
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{
"code": "ne",
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "virre rundt"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ول گشتن"
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"word": "پرسه زدن"
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{
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"word": "vagar"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"word": "vaguear"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"code": "es",
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"word": "vagar"
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{
"code": "th",
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"sense": "wander freely",
"word": "ท่องเที่ยว"
},
{
"code": "tr",
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{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "dolaşmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"word": "gezinmek"
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{
"code": "uk",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "vi",
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"word": "lang thang"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "(Computing) To use a network or services from different locations or devices",
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "(Computing) To use a network or services from different locations or devices",
"word": "barangol"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "(Computing) To use a network or services from different locations or devices",
"word": "tīpakopako"
}
],
"word": "roam"
}
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"name": "m"
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"2": "ārǣman",
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "rahmen",
"t": "to strive"
},
"expansion": "German rahmen (“to strive”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "rammen",
"t": "to night-wander, to copulate"
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"expansion": "Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "dum",
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"t": "to wander about, ramble"
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"ref": "2017, Rick Maloy, Evenings and Mournings",
"text": "Glass in hand, he set off on a roam of the first floor.",
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