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"ref": "1890, Great Britain. High Court of Justice. Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division, The Law Reports. Probate Division in the Courts of Probate and Divorce: In the Admiralty and Ecclesiastical Courts, and in the Privy Council, from Michaelmas Sittings, 1875, to 1890 (volume 5)",
"text": "The weather became more and more threatening; the ship sagged to the leeward more than she ought."
}
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "barcollare"
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"roman": "čaxda",
"sense": "to wear pants low",
"word": "ჩახდა"
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"sense": "to sink",
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"sense": "to sink",
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"sense": "to sink",
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"sense": "to sink",
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"sense": "to sink",
"word": "بایلمق"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
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"sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
"word": "absinken"
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"sense": "to give way from a vertical position",
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "verslappen"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "nalaten"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"word": "doorhangen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "taipua"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "notkahtaa"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "s'affaisser"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "ausleiern"
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{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to lose firmness",
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "smorzarsi"
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{
"code": "it",
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"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "cedere"
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"sense": "to lose firmness",
"word": "ceder"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"roman": "măkna se",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "мъкна се"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "slenteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "rondhangen"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "treuzelen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "löntystää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "löntystellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "schlendern"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
"word": "barcollare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "slonjátʹsja",
"sense": "to loiter in walking",
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"word": "слоня́ться"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to cause to bend",
"word": "doen zakken"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to cause to bend",
"word": "plooien"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to cause to bend",
"word": "taivuttaa"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"lang_code": "ka",
"roman": "čazneka",
"sense": "to cause to bend",
"word": "ჩაზნექა"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to cause to bend",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"roman": "čaxda",
"sense": "to wear pants low",
"word": "ჩახდა"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"note": "indossare pantaloni a vita bassa",
"sense": "to wear pants low"
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"code": "it",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"sense": "to wear pants low",
"word": "sægge"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "to wear pants low",
"word": "ha häng"
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}
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}
Download raw JSONL data for sag meaning in English (30.7kB)
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