See sheave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "feixar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "bündeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "báláz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "kévéz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "kötegel"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Māori",
"lang_code": "mi",
"note": "of wheat, barley, oats etc.",
"sense": "to bind into a bundle",
"word": "herepū"
}
],
"word": "sheave"
}
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