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"word": "smotherable"
},
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"word": "smotheration"
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"word": "smothercate"
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"word": "smother crop"
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"word": "smother-fly"
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"word": "smother mate"
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"word": "smothery"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "smothren"
},
"expansion": "Middle English smothren",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "smortheren"
},
"expansion": "smortheren",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "smother"
},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "smorther",
"3": "",
"4": "a suffocating vapour, dense smoke",
"pos": "noun"
},
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "enm",
"3": "smoren",
"4": "",
"5": "to smother"
},
"expansion": "Middle English smoren (“to smother”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ang",
"3": "smorian",
"4": "",
"5": "to smother, suffocate, choke"
},
"expansion": "Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*smurōną",
"4": "",
"5": "to suffocate, strangle"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*smallijan",
"t": "to burn"
},
"expansion": "*smallijan (“to burn”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "smoca",
"t": "smoke"
},
"expansion": "Old English smoca (“smoke”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "smoren"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German smoren",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "smurten",
"3": "",
"4": "to choke, suffocate"
},
"expansion": "smurten (“to choke, suffocate”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "vls",
"2": "smoren",
"3": "",
"4": "to smoke, reek"
},
"expansion": "West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "smoren",
"3": "",
"4": "to suffocate, smother\", also \"to stew, simmer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother\", also \"to stew, simmer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "schmoren",
"3": "",
"4": "to stew, simmer, braise"
},
"expansion": "German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English smothren, smortheren, alteration (due to smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”, noun)) of Middle English smoren (“to smother”), from Old English smorian (“to smother, suffocate, choke”), from Proto-Germanic *smurōną (“to suffocate, strangle”), probably related to *smallijan (“to burn”) or Old English smoca (“smoke”).\nCognate with Middle Low German smoren, smurten (“to choke, suffocate”), West Flemish smoren (“to smoke, reek”), Dutch smoren (“to suffocate, smother\", also \"to stew, simmer”), German schmoren (“to stew, simmer, braise”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "smothers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "smothering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "smothered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "smothered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
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"expansion": "smother (third-person singular simple present smothers, present participle smothering, simple past and past participle smothered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
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"word": "smotheriness"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."
],
"id": "en-smother-en-verb-IKbCRDwf",
"links": [
[
"suffocate",
"suffocate"
],
[
"stifle",
"stifle"
],
[
"obstruct",
"obstruct"
],
[
"respiration",
"respiration"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zadušycʹ",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задушыць"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "dušycʹ",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "душыць"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "duša",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "душа"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "задушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "asfixiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "ahawosdiha",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "ᎠᎭᏬᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "kvæle"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "stikken"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "tukehduttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígo",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "πνίγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prokaló asfyxía",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "προκαλώ ασφυξία"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "megfojt"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "plúch"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "asfissiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "tāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "tātāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "boğmak",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "بوغمق"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "udusić"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "sufocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "asfixiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dušítʹ",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadušítʹ",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задуши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "asfixiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "ahogar"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "kväva"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "boğmak"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dušýty",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "души́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zadušýty",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задуши́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "59 3 11 1 1 14 1 2 3 2 2 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to suffocate",
"word": "stofer"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to smother a fire with ashes",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."
],
"id": "en-smother-en-verb-2Tqj~PzB",
"links": [
[
"extinguish",
"extinguish"
],
[
"deaden",
"deaden"
],
[
"air",
"air"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ugasjavam",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "угасявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potušavam",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "потушавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "uitdoven"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tukahduttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "étouffer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígo",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "πνίγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "spegnere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "estinguere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tātāmi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"english": "refers to a fire",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tāmou"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakakōmau"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to a fire",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakapopō"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakapongere"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "zdusić"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tušítʹ",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "туши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potušítʹ",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потуши́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "extinguir"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "kväva"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "utsläcka"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "stofer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 60 21 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "sofoker"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee's report was smothered.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"
],
"id": "en-smother-en-verb-vcVvx0h-",
"links": [
[
"reduce",
"reduce"
],
[
"vigor",
"vigor"
],
[
"suppress",
"suppress"
],
[
"do away with",
"do away with"
],
[
"extinguish",
"extinguish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "stifle"
},
{
"word": "cover up"
},
{
"word": "conceal"
},
{
"word": "hide"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskam",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "потискам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "temperen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "tukahduttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "dämpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígo",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "πνίγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katapnígo",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "καταπνίγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "rallentare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "reprimere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "nascondere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "usually applied to fires",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "whakapongere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "tāmoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "przydusić"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 75 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 4 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
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"word": "schmoren"
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"word": "affogare"
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"word": "ricoprire"
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"word": "colmare"
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"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "dusić"
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"text": "She is smothered by the rope.",
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"sense": "to be suffocated",
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],
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"lang": "Walloon",
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"_dis1": "3 1 2 0 0 1 4 70 2 4 11 1",
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"_dis1": "3 1 2 0 0 1 4 70 2 4 11 1",
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"_dis1": "3 1 2 0 0 1 4 70 2 4 11 1",
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"_dis1": "3 1 2 0 0 1 4 70 2 4 11 1",
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"lang": "German",
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"_dis1": "3 2 6 1 2 1 1 3 68 4 6 2",
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"Fundamental"
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"sports"
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"(Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away."
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"(boxing) To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning."
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"_dis1": "3 81 10 3 3",
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"neuter"
],
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"neuter"
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"neuter"
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"_dis1": "3 2 94 1 1",
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"regional"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "el",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
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},
{
"code": "ga",
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{
"code": "it",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "mi",
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},
{
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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},
{
"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "es",
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{
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"code": "bg",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "угасявам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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"word": "потушавам"
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "ersticken"
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{
"code": "el",
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"word": "πνίγω"
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{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
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},
{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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"word": "soffocare"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tāmi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tātāmi"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "tāmou"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakakōmau"
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{
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakapopō"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "whakapongere"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "zdusić"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tušítʹ",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "туши́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "apagar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "sofocar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "extinguir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "kväva"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "utsläcka"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "stofer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to extinguish or deaden",
"word": "sofoker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskam",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "потискам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "temperen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "tukahduttaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "dämpfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "unterdrücken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígo",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "πνίγω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "katapnígo",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "καταπνίγω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "rallentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "ridurre"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "reprimere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "nascondere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "soffocare"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "usually applied to fires",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "whakapongere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "tāmoe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "przydusić"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "reprimir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity",
"word": "dämpa"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "задушавам"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "cuire à l’étouffée"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "schmoren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "affogare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "ricoprire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "colmare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"word": "dusić"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tušitʹ",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "тушить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potušitʹ",
"sense": "to cook in a close dish",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "потушить"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to daub or smear",
"word": "abdecken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to daub or smear",
"word": "überziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to daub or smear",
"word": "bedecken"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam se",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "задушавам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "tukehtua"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígomai",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "πνίγομαι"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadyxátʹsja",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "задыха́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadoxnútʹsja",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задохну́ться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "kvävas"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "stofer"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to be suffocated",
"word": "sofoker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎhvam se",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "задъхвам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadušavam se",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "задушавам се"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "tukehtua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "suffoquer"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pnígomai",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "πνίγομαι"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "hāhā"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadyxátʹsja",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "задыха́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zadoxnútʹsja",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "задохну́ться"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "to breathe with great difficulty",
"word": "sofoker"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tleja",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "тлея"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "kyteä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "schwelen"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "ponguru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "popō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tletʹ",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "тлеть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to burn very slowly for want of air",
"word": "tyna"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline",
"word": "tukahtua"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline",
"word": "ersticken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline",
"word": "tyna"
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"Nicoline van der Sijs"
],
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}
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],
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}
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"tags": [
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]
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},
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}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tleene",
"sense": "slow combustion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "тлеене"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slow combustion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schwelen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slow combustion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verschwelung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cookware",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schmorgut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cookware",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schmorbraten"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potiskane",
"sense": "suppression",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "потискане"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "suppression",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Ersticken"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "suppression",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pušek",
"sense": "stifling smoke",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "пушек"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "stifling smoke",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Qualm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thick dust",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Staubschicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "thick dust",
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"feminine",
"regional"
],
"word": "Staubdecke"
}
],
"word": "smother"
}
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