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"word": "butt spike"
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"word": "dog spike"
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"word": "golden spike"
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"word": "handspike"
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"word": "liberty spike"
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"word": "marline spike"
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"word": "marling spike"
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"word": "marlin spike"
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"word": "marlinspike"
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"word": "oil of spike"
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"word": "railroad spike"
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"word": "rail spike"
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"word": "road spikes"
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"word": "spike addition"
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"word": "spike attack"
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"word": "spike bug"
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"word": "spike fiddle"
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"word": "spike heath"
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"word": "spike heel"
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"word": "spike-in"
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"word": "spike lute"
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"word": "spike moss"
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"word": "spike oil"
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"word": "spike plank"
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"word": "spike poison"
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"word": "spike-primrose"
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"word": "spike protein"
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"word": "spike strip"
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"word": "spike team"
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"word": "spike train"
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"word": "track spike"
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"word": "traffic spikes"
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"word": "voltage spike"
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"t": "ear of corn"
},
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"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
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"sense": "very large nail",
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "spiger"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "nagle"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "piikki"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "kiskonaula"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clou"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pointe"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nagel"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
},
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiodo"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lancia"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
},
{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spuntone"
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{
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spunzone"
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{
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"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hari",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "針"
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"sense": "very large nail",
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"code": "nrn",
"lang": "Norn",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gadd"
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"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nagle"
},
{
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"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ekser",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "اكسر"
},
{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "espinho"
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"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
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"word": "cravo"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "piron"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štyrʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штырь"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kostýlʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "косты́ль"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nágelʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́гель"
},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"note": "for joining rails",
"roman": "klin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клин"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "klin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клин"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clavo"
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"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pincho"
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "ekser"
}
]
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"text": "The trap was lined with spikes.",
"type": "example"
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"A piece of pointed metal etc. set with points upward or outward."
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"Anything resembling such a nail in shape."
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"(by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape."
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"tags": [
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"word": "шип"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "spids"
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "pig"
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"lang": "Finnish",
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"word": "piikki"
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
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],
"word": "pieu"
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
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],
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
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],
"word": "pique"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stachel"
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{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
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{
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arpione"
},
{
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"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "針"
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
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{
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolec"
},
{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "espinho"
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{
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țăruș"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 0 78 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "piron"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štyrʹ",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штырь"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špilʹ",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпиль"
},
{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šip",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostrijó",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
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"word": "остриё"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pincho"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "púa"
},
{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "punta"
}
]
},
{
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"An ear of corn or grain."
],
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[
"ear",
"ear"
],
[
"corn",
"corn"
],
[
"grain",
"grain"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:grain"
]
},
{
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{
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Botany",
"orig": "en:Botany",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"A kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis."
],
"id": "en-spike-en-noun-wejfLu4T",
"links": [
[
"botany",
"botany"
],
[
"inflorescence",
"inflorescence"
],
[
"sessile",
"sessile"
],
[
"flower",
"flower"
],
[
"unbranched",
"unbranched"
],
[
"elongated",
"elongated"
],
[
"axis",
"axis"
]
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"plural"
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"plural"
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"ref": "1974, Books and Bookmen",
"text": "It was all true, it appeared. He sat down and wrote it, the editor read it and said: ' We don't use stories like this in this newspaper.' So the story ended up on the spike, reinforcing the principle that wife-swapping, unlike justice, must not be seen to be done.",
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"ref": "2013, Margalit Fox, Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code and the Uncovering of a Lost Civilisation, Profile Books",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клин"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "urpa"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hřeb"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "spiger"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "nagle"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "piikki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "kiskonaula"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clou"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pointe"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Nagel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "chiodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lancia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spuntone"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spunzone"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hari",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "針"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "clavus"
},
{
"code": "nrn",
"lang": "Norn",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gadd"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nagle"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ekser",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "اكسر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "espinho"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cravo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țăruș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "piron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štyrʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штырь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kostýlʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "косты́ль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nágelʹ",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "на́гель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "for joining rails",
"roman": "klin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клин"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "klin",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клин"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clavo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pincho"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "very large nail",
"word": "ekser"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šip",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шип"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "spids"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "pig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "piikki"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pieu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pic"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pique"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stachel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arpione"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hari",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "針"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spiss"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pigg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kolec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"word": "espinho"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "țăruș"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "piron"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štyrʹ",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штырь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špilʹ",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпиль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šip",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шип"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ostrijó",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "остриё"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pincho"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "púa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "anything resembling such a nail in shape",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "punta"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sunbula",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سنبلة"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "schic"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "schicã"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klas",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "клас"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "espiga"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klas"
},
{
"code": "dlm",
"lang": "Dalmatian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spaica"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aks"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spiko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "tähkä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "épi"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spi"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣veṭi",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "წვეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ähre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Getreideähre"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "stáchy",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "στάχυ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dias"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spiga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amento"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ho",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "穂"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spica"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aks"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "espic"
},
{
"code": "roa-opt",
"lang": "Old Portuguese",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "espiga"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kłos"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espiga"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spic"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spia"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spigia"
},
{
"code": "rm",
"lang": "Romansch",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "speia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kólos",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́лос"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "ipiga"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "ispiga"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "ispica"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spiga"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "espiga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ax"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "ear of grain — see also ear",
"word": "spig"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "kukwera"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "klas"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aks"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "spiko"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "tähk"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "tähkä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ähre"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "duri"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dias"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spiga"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amento"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "infiorescenza a spiga"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hojō-kajo",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "穂状花序"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "pen hūang",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "ເປັນຮວງ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "aks"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kólos",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ко́лос"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "kororka"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "espiga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "botany: kind of inflorescence",
"word": "ax"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "špajkove",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "шпайкове"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "tretry"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"word": "pigsko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"word": "piikkikenkä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "crampons"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"word": "scarpa chiodata"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "supaiku-gutsu",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"word": "スパイク靴"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "piggsko"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "korki"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pitão"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šipóvki",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "шипо́вки"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "clavos"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "informal: running shoes with spikes in the soles",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "tacos"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pik",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "пик"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prudký nárůst"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "prudké zvýšení"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"word": "spids"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"word": "top"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"word": "piikki"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣veṭi",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"word": "წვეტი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Spitze"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Nadel"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "perets",
"sense": "sharp peak in a graph",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פרץ"
},
{
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"ref": "1996, Christine Quigley, The Corpse: A History, McFarland, page 144",
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"ref": "1981, Chris Greyvenstein, The Fighters, page 145",
"text": "Nicolaas, or Nick, as the family called him, wanted to turn professional but an ear injury, sustained during the war, spiked his plans.",
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"ref": "2002 October 14, Jonathan Sale, “Edward VIII news blackout”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2010, Sharon Marshall, Tabloid Girl, Hachette UK",
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"ref": "2017 October 11, Lloyd Grove, “How NBC ‘Killed’ Ronan Farrow’s Weinstein Exposé”, in Daily Beast",
"text": "With two such wildly contradictory versions of why and how NBC News spiked Farrow’s Weinstein story, it’s difficult to determine what objectively occurred.",
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"text": "Traffic accidents spiked in December when there was ice on the roads.",
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"text": "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/\nBut the bigger threat is that people in Sulawesi have been eating macaque meat for centuries. Today it goes for about two dollars a pound (an adult macaque weighs 18 to 23 pounds), and demand spikes at holidays."
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