"spindle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈspɪndəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spindle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spindles [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪndəl Etymology: From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spyndel}} Middle English spyndel, {{m|enm|spindle}} spindle, {{m|enm|spyndylle}} spyndylle, {{inh|en|ang|spindle}} Old English spindle, {{m|ang|spindel}} spindel, {{m|ang|spinel}} spinel, {{m|ang|spinil}} spinil, {{m|ang|spinl||spindle}} spinl (“spindle”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*spinnilu||spindle}} Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), {{suffix|en|spin|le}} spin + -le, {{cog|sco|spindil}} Scots spindil, {{m|sco|spinnell||spindle}} spinnell (“spindle”), {{cog|nl|spindel}} Dutch spindel, {{m|dum|spille}} spille, {{m|dum|spinle}} spinle, {{gloss|&quot;spindle&quot;; &lt; Middle Dutch &lt;i class=&quot;Latn mention&quot; lang=&quot;dum&quot;&gt;spille&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i class=&quot;Latn mention&quot; lang=&quot;dum&quot;&gt;spinle&lt;/i&gt;}} ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), {{cog|de|Spindel||spindle}} German Spindel (“spindle”), {{cog|da|spindel||spindle}} Danish spindel (“spindle”), {{cog|sv|spindel||spindle}} Swedish spindel (“spindle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} spindle (plural spindles)
  1. (spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread. Categories (topical): Spinning, Spinning Translations (rod in spinning and winding thread): bosht [masculine] (Albanian), ἄτρακτος (átraktos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), νῆτρον (nêtron) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), κλωστήρ (klōstḗr) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مِغْزَل (miḡzal) [masculine] (Arabic), իլիկ (ilik) (Armenian), իլ (il) (Armenian), fus (Aromanian), fusu [masculine] (Asturian), iy (Azerbaijani), орсоҡ (orsoq) (Bashkir), верацяно́ (vjeracjanó) [neuter] (Belarusian), টাকু (ṭaku) (Bengali), врете́но (vreténo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ချည်လုံး (hkyanylum:) (Burmese), fus (Catalan), kalinyasan (Cebuano), 紡錘 (Chinese Mandarin), 纺锤 (fǎngchuí) (Chinese Mandarin), 錠子 (Chinese Mandarin), 锭子 (dìngzi) (Chinese Mandarin), врѣтено (vrěteno) [Cyrillic, neuter] (Church Slavic), vřeteno [neuter] (Czech), fois [masculine] (Dalmatian), spindel (Danish), ten [common-gender] (Danish), spintol [masculine] (Dutch), spindel [masculine] (Dutch), spoel [feminine] (Dutch), ŝpinilo (Esperanto), kedervars (Estonian), värttinä (Finnish), kehräin (Finnish), fuseau [masculine] (French), fûs (Friulian), fuso [masculine] (Galician), თითისტარი (titisṭari) (Georgian), Spindel [feminine] (German), Chrëbs [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), αδράχτι (adráchti) [neuter] (Greek), פֶּלֶך (pélekh) [masculine] (Hebrew), तकला (taklā) (Hindi), तकली (taklī) [feminine] (Hindi), orsó (Hungarian), snælda [feminine] (Icelandic), fearsaid [feminine] (Irish), eiteán [masculine] (Irish), fuso (Italian), 紡錘 (bōsui) (alt: ぼうすい) (Japanese), (tsumu) (alt: つむ) [dated] (Japanese), ұршық (ūrşyq) (Kazakh), កដិពន្ធ (kaʼdepŏən) (Khmer), ខ្នារ (khnaa) (Khmer), 방추 (bangchu) (Korean), 물레가락 (mullegarak) (Korean), ийик (iyik) (Kyrgyz), ໄນຫລາ (nai lā) (Lao), fūsus (Latin), vārpsta [feminine] (Latvian), verpstukas [masculine] (Lithuanian), wrjeśeno [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), вретено (vreteno) [neuter] (Macedonian), tokohuri (Maori), bee adizí (Navajo), teşî (Northern Kurdish), spindel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fus (Occitan), веретено (vereteno) [neuter] (Old East Slavic), spinel [feminine] (Old English), spindel [feminine] (Old English), inspinn [neuter] (Old English), snælda [feminine] (Old Norse), ایك (iğ) (Ottoman Turkish), دوک (duk) (Persian), wrzeciono [neuter] (Polish), fuso [masculine] (Portuguese), puchka (Quechua), fus [neuter] (Romanian), веретено́ (veretenó) [neuter] (Russian), तर्कु (tarku) [masculine, neuter] (Sanskrit), вретѐно [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vretèno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), fusu [masculine] (Sicilian), vreteno [neuter] (Slovak), vreteno [neuter] (Slovene), ийик (iyik) (Southern Altai), huso [masculine] (Spanish), slända [common-gender] (Swedish), sudlan (Tagalog), ikiran (Tagalog), suliran (Tagalog), дук (duk) (Tajik), కదురు (kaduru) (Telugu), กระสวย (grà-sǔai) (Thai), (Turkish), ik (Turkmen), 𐎔𐎍𐎋 (plk) (Ugaritic), верете́но (vereténo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), wrjećeno [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), تکلا (taklā) (Urdu), يىك (yik) (Uyghur), duk (Uzbek), yig (Uzbek), fuxo [masculine] (Venetian), fus (Venetian), cọc (Vietnamese), sợi (Vietnamese), gwerthyd [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:rod_used_in_spinning_fibers Disambiguation of Spinning: 16 2 4 13 2 1 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 8 8 8 7 3 2 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, spinning, sports Disambiguation of 'rod in spinning and winding thread': 34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1
  2. A rod which turns, or on which something turns. Translations (rod which turns, or on which something turns round): spil [feminine] (Dutch), akseli (Finnish), kara (Finnish), essieu [masculine] (French), Spindel [feminine] (German), סֶרֶן (séren) [masculine] (Hebrew), fearsaid [feminine] (Irish), осовина (osovina) [feminine] (Macedonian), стожер (stožer) [masculine] (Macedonian), turuki (Maori), tokohuri (Maori), êsseu [masculine] (Norman), ایك (iğ) (Ottoman Turkish), osie [feminine] (Romanian), шпи́ндель (špíndelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ось (osʹ) [feminine] (Russian), kirmen (Turkish), шпиндель (špyndelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:rod_which_turns_or_on_which_something_turns Disambiguation of 'rod which turns, or on which something turns round': 9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11
  3. A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool. Translations (rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool): spil [feminine] (Dutch), as [feminine] (Dutch), kara (Finnish), Spindel (German), mol [masculine] (Irish), fearsaid [feminine] (Irish), шпи́ндель (špíndelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), spindel (Swedish), шпиндель (špyndelʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:rotary_axis_of_tool Disambiguation of 'rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool': 2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5
  4. Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool. Categories (topical): Spinning Synonyms (a tree from the Euonymus genus): spindle tree Hypernyms (a tree from the Euonymus genus): euonymus Translations (trees of the genus Euonymus): fshikakuq [masculine] (Albanian), herdhaqen [masculine] (Albanian), rraboshtë [feminine] (Albanian), εὐώνυμος (euṓnumos) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), իլենի (ileni) (Armenian), брызглі́на (bryzhlína) [feminine] (Belarusian), чашкодрян (čaškodrjan) [masculine] (Bulgarian), boneter [masculine] (Catalan), evònim [masculine] (Catalan), brslen [masculine] (Czech), kardinaalsmuts [feminine] (Dutch), sorvarinpensas (Finnish), Spindelstrauch [masculine] (German), kecskerágó (Hungarian), feoras [masculine] (Irish), crann feorais [masculine] (Irish), 화살나무 (hwasallamu) (Korean), курика (kurika) [feminine] (Macedonian), wananbēam [masculine] (Old English), trzmielina [feminine] (Polish), salbă-moale [feminine] (Romanian), берескле́т (beresklét) [masculine] (Russian), ку̀рика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kùrika [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bršlen [masculine] (Slovak), trdolẹ̑ska [feminine] (Slovene), papaz külahı (Turkish), брусли́на (bruslýna) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:woody_plant_of_genus_Euonymus Disambiguation of Spinning: 16 2 4 13 2 1 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 8 8 8 7 3 2 Disambiguation of 'a tree from the Euonymus genus': 3 0 2 35 0 0 13 0 2 22 4 3 2 4 3 5 Disambiguation of 'a tree from the Euonymus genus': 3 0 2 36 0 0 13 0 2 22 4 3 2 4 3 5 Disambiguation of 'trees of the genus Euonymus': 2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5
  5. An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering. Translations (upright spike for holding papers): papierprikker [masculine] (Dutch), piek [masculine] (Dutch), piikki (Finnish), paperipiikki (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:spike_for_papers Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'upright spike for holding papers': 6 2 1 4 56 0 3 2 3 4 5 3 2 4 2 2
  6. The fusee of a watch.
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:fusee_of_a_watch
  7. Any long and slender stalk resembling a spindle from Euonymus. Translations (long and slender stalk resembling a spindle): staak [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:any_long_and_slender_stalk__Euonymus_like Disambiguation of 'long and slender stalk resembling a spindle': 4 1 3 5 1 0 52 1 3 8 3 5 3 7 2 2
  8. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-en:any_of_several_units_of_measure_for_yarn
  9. (geometry) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. Categories (topical): Geometry Translations ((geometry) solid): omwentelingslichaam [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-u34PGRwF Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of '(geometry) solid': 3 0 4 8 1 0 3 1 48 8 3 4 1 10 1 1
  10. Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-bStAQwL8
  11. Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-i35WG~Lb
  12. (biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-elt4~U1d Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  13. (coastal New Jersey) a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-Uzmtvcmb
  14. (computing) A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package. Categories (topical): Computing Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies, Neogastropods Translations (computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs): spindel [masculine] (Dutch), tarrina [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-fA4D3nG- Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 4 4 4 5 12 15 15 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Neogastropods: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 5 7 4 3 12 15 15 8 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 7 7 1 0 6 0 3 4 3 5 3 12 14 14 9 2 0 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs': 4 1 5 5 1 0 4 1 2 3 3 4 2 45 10 10
  15. A muscle spindle. Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies, Neogastropods
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-4uY3-xsp Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 4 4 4 5 12 15 15 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Neogastropods: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 5 7 4 3 12 15 15 8 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 7 7 1 0 6 0 3 4 3 5 3 12 14 14 9 2 0
  16. A sleep spindle. Categories (lifeform): Dragonflies and damselflies, Neogastropods, Staff vine family plants
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-noun-AUbW6mhn Disambiguation of Dragonflies and damselflies: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 4 4 4 5 12 15 15 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Neogastropods: 6 1 7 7 1 1 6 1 3 5 7 4 3 12 15 15 8 0 0 Disambiguation of Staff vine family plants: 5 1 5 11 1 0 7 1 3 4 5 5 3 11 9 20 7 2 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 0 7 7 1 0 6 0 3 4 3 5 3 12 14 14 9 2 0 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 0 5 11 2 1 8 1 3 4 5 7 3 9 8 20 6 2 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 7 2 6 7 2 2 5 2 3 4 5 6 4 10 10 14 8 3 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spindel [obsolete], spinnel [dialectal] Related terms: fusiform [adjective]

Verb

IPA: /ˈspɪndəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-spindle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: spindles [present, singular, third-person], spindling [participle, present], spindled [participle, past], spindled [past]
Rhymes: -ɪndəl Etymology: From Middle English spyndel, spindle, spyndylle, from Old English spindle, spindel, alteration of earlier spinel, spinil, spinl (“spindle”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), equivalent to spin + -le. Cognate with Scots spindil, spinnell (“spindle”), Dutch spindel ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), German Spindel (“spindle”), Danish spindel (“spindle”), Swedish spindel (“spindle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|spyndel}} Middle English spyndel, {{m|enm|spindle}} spindle, {{m|enm|spyndylle}} spyndylle, {{inh|en|ang|spindle}} Old English spindle, {{m|ang|spindel}} spindel, {{m|ang|spinel}} spinel, {{m|ang|spinil}} spinil, {{m|ang|spinl||spindle}} spinl (“spindle”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*spinnilu||spindle}} Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), {{suffix|en|spin|le}} spin + -le, {{cog|sco|spindil}} Scots spindil, {{m|sco|spinnell||spindle}} spinnell (“spindle”), {{cog|nl|spindel}} Dutch spindel, {{m|dum|spille}} spille, {{m|dum|spinle}} spinle, {{gloss|&quot;spindle&quot;; &lt; Middle Dutch &lt;i class=&quot;Latn mention&quot; lang=&quot;dum&quot;&gt;spille&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i class=&quot;Latn mention&quot; lang=&quot;dum&quot;&gt;spinle&lt;/i&gt;}} ("spindle"; < Middle Dutch spille, spinle), {{cog|de|Spindel||spindle}} German Spindel (“spindle”), {{cog|da|spindel||spindle}} Danish spindel (“spindle”), {{cog|sv|spindel||spindle}} Swedish spindel (“spindle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} spindle (third-person singular simple present spindles, present participle spindling, simple past and past participle spindled)
  1. (transitive) To make into a long tapered shape. Tags: transitive Translations (make into a long tapered shape): spinnen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-verb-gwlk9B05 Disambiguation of 'make into a long tapered shape': 79 21 1
  2. (intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-verb-qjqtNeke
  3. (transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents. Tags: transitive Translations (impale on a device for holding paper documents): opprikken (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-spindle-en-verb-g66aiEhP Disambiguation of 'impale on a device for holding paper documents': 1 4 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: spindel [obsolete], spinnel [dialectal]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Spinning",
          "orig": "en:Spinning",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005 [1868–9], Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 3, page 13",
          "text": "Anna Pavlovna’s soirée was now in full swing. On all sides the spindles were humming away non-stop.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread."
      ],
      "id": "en-spindle-en-noun-en:rod_used_in_spinning_fibers",
      "links": [
        [
          "spinning",
          "spinning"
        ],
        [
          "rod",
          "rod"
        ],
        [
          "winding",
          "winding"
        ],
        [
          "wool",
          "wool"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "whorl",
          "whorl"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(spinning) A rod used for spinning and then winding fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:rod used in spinning fibers"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "spinning",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bosht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "miḡzal",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مِغْزَل"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ilik",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "իլիկ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "il",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "իլ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fusu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "iy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "orsoq",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "орсоҡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vjeracjanó",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "верацяно́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "ṭaku",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "টাকু"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vreténo",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "врете́но"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkyanylum:",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ချည်လုံး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "kalinyasan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "紡錘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǎngchuí",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "纺锤"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "錠子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dìngzi",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "锭子"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vřeteno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fois"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spintol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spoel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ŝpinilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "kedervars"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "värttinä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "kehräin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fuseau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fûs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "titisṭari",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "თითისტარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Chrëbs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "adráchti",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "αδράχτι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "átraktos",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ἄτρακτος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "nêtron",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "νῆτρον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "klōstḗr",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "κλωστήρ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pélekh",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פֶּלֶך"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "taklā",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "तकला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "taklī",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "तकली"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "orsó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "snælda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fearsaid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eiteán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "alt": "ぼうすい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bōsui",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "紡錘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "alt": "つむ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsumu",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "dated"
          ],
          "word": "錘"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ūrşyq",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ұршық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaʼdepŏən",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "កដិពន្ធ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "khnaa",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ខ្នារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bangchu",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "방추"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mullegarak",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "물레가락"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "teşî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "iyik",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ийик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nai lā",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ໄນຫລາ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fūsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vārpsta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "verpstukas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vreteno",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вретено"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "tokohuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "bee adizí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "vrěteno",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "врѣтено"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "vereteno",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "веретено"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spinel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "inspinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "snælda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iğ",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ایك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "duk",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "دوک"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wrzeciono"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fuso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "puchka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "fus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "veretenó",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "веретено́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "tarku",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "तर्कु"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "вретѐно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vretèno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fusu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vreteno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vreteno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wrjeśeno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "hsb",
          "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "wrjećeno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "iyik",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ийик"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "huso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "slända"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "sudlan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ikiran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "suliran"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "duk",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "дук"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kaduru",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "కదురు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-sǔai",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "กระสวย"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "iğ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "ik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "plk",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "𐎔𐎍𐎋"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vereténo",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "верете́но"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "taklā",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "تکلا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "yik",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "يىك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "duk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "yig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fuxo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "fus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "cọc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "word": "sợi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "34 7 4 9 1 0 4 6 3 5 8 5 2 9 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gwerthyd"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the spindle of a vane"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March 2, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3",
          "text": "A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A rod which turns, or on which something turns."
      ],
      "id": "en-spindle-en-noun-en:rod_which_turns_or_on_which_something_turns",
      "senseid": [
        "en:rod which turns or on which something turns"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "akseli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "kara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "essieu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "séren",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "סֶרֶן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fearsaid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "osovina",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "осовина"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "stožer",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "стожер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "turuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "tokohuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "êsseu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "iğ",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "ایك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "osie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špíndelʹ",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпи́ндель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "osʹ",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ось"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "word": "kirmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 27 5 6 1 0 5 1 3 3 3 4 3 9 11 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "špyndelʹ",
          "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпиндель"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool."
      ],
      "id": "en-spindle-en-noun-en:rotary_axis_of_tool",
      "links": [
        [
          "machine tool",
          "machine tool"
        ],
        [
          "power tool",
          "power tool"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:rotary axis of tool"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "as"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "word": "kara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "word": "Spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fearsaid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špíndelʹ",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпи́ндель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "word": "spindel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 67 3 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 1 6 4 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "špyndelʹ",
          "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "шпиндель"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 2 4 13 2 1 6 2 3 3 6 4 5 8 8 8 7 3 2",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Spinning",
          "orig": "en:Spinning",
          "parents": [
            "Crafts",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 2 36 0 0 13 0 2 22 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "sense": "a tree from the Euonymus genus",
          "word": "euonymus"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-spindle-en-noun-en:woody_plant_of_genus_Euonymus",
      "links": [
        [
          "Euonymus",
          "Euonymus#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:woody plant of genus Euonymus"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 0 2 35 0 0 13 0 2 22 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "sense": "a tree from the Euonymus genus",
          "word": "spindle tree"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fshikakuq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "herdhaqen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rraboshtë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "ileni",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "word": "իլենի"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bryzhlína",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "брызглі́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čaškodrjan",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "чашкодрян"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "boneter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "evònim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "brslen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kardinaalsmuts"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "word": "sorvarinpensas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Spindelstrauch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "euṓnumos",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εὐώνυμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "word": "kecskerágó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "feoras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crann feorais"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "hwasallamu",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "word": "화살나무"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kurika",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "курика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wananbēam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trzmielina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 0 2 41 0 0 10 0 2 23 4 3 2 4 3 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "salbă-moale"
        },
        {
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      "word": "орсоҡ"
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      "lang": "Bengali",
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      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "টাকু"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "hkyanylum:",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ချည်လုံး"
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      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fus"
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      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "kalinyasan"
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      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "紡錘"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǎngchuí",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "纺锤"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "錠子"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dìngzi",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "锭子"
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      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
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      "code": "dlm",
      "lang": "Dalmatian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "fois"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spintol"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spoel"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ŝpinilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "kedervars"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "värttinä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "kehräin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuseau"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fûs"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "titisṭari",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "თითისტარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chrëbs"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adráchti",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "αδράχτι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "átraktos",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἄτρακτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nêtron",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "νῆτρον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "klōstḗr",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κλωστήρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pélekh",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֶּלֶך"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "taklā",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "तकला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "taklī",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "तकली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "orsó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snælda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fearsaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eiteán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fuso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼうすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bōsui",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "紡錘"
    },
    {
      "alt": "つむ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tsumu",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "錘"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ūrşyq",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ұршық"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaʼdepŏən",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "កដិពន្ធ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "khnaa",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ខ្នារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bangchu",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "방추"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mullegarak",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "물레가락"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "teşî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "iyik",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ийик"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nai lā",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ໄນຫລາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fūsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vārpsta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "verpstukas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vreteno",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вретено"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "tokohuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "bee adizí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "vrěteno",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "врѣтено"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "vereteno",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "веретено"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spinel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "inspinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snælda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "iğ",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ایك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "duk",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "دوک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wrzeciono"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuso"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "puchka"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "fus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veretenó",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "веретено́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tarku",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "तर्कु"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "вретѐно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vretèno"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fusu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vreteno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vreteno"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wrjeśeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wrjećeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "iyik",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ийик"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "huso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "slända"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "sudlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ikiran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "suliran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "duk",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "дук"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kaduru",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "కదురు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-sǔai",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "กระสวย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "iğ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "ik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "plk",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "𐎔𐎍𐎋"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vereténo",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "верете́но"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "taklā",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "تکلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "yik",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "يىك"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "duk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "yig"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fuxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "fus"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "cọc"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "word": "sợi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rod in spinning and winding thread",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gwerthyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "akseli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "essieu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "séren",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סֶרֶן"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fearsaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "osovina",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осовина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stožer",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стожер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "turuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "tokohuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "êsseu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "iğ",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "ایك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špíndelʹ",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́ндель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osʹ",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ось"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "word": "kirmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "špyndelʹ",
      "sense": "rod which turns, or on which something turns round",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпиндель"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spil"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "as"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "word": "kara"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "word": "Spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fearsaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špíndelʹ",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпи́ндель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "špyndelʹ",
      "sense": "rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шпиндель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fshikakuq"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "herdhaqen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rraboshtë"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ileni",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "word": "իլենի"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "bryzhlína",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брызглі́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čaškodrjan",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "чашкодрян"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boneter"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evònim"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brslen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kardinaalsmuts"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "word": "sorvarinpensas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Spindelstrauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "euṓnumos",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εὐώνυμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "word": "kecskerágó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feoras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crann feorais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "hwasallamu",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "word": "화살나무"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kurika",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "курика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wananbēam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trzmielina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "salbă-moale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beresklét",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "берескле́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ку̀рика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "Latin",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kùrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bršlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trdolẹ̑ska"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "word": "papaz külahı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bruslýna",
      "sense": "trees of the genus Euonymus",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "брусли́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "upright spike for holding papers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "papierprikker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "upright spike for holding papers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "upright spike for holding papers",
      "word": "piikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "upright spike for holding papers",
      "word": "paperipiikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long and slender stalk resembling a spindle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "staak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(geometry) solid",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "omwentelingslichaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spindel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "computing: a plastic container for packaging optical discs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarrina"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spindle"
}

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        "3": "",
        "4": "spindle"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To make into a long tapered shape."
      ],
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        [
          "tapered",
          "tapered"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make into a long tapered shape."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take on a long tapered shape."
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        [
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        "(intransitive) To take on a long tapered shape."
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        "intransitive"
      ]
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        "English transitive verbs"
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        {
          "text": "Do not fold, spindle or mutilate this document."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To impale on a device for holding paper documents."
      ],
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        [
          "impale",
          "impale"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To impale on a device for holding paper documents."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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      "ipa": "/ˈspɪndəl/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪndəl"
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        "Southern-England"
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        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "spindel"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
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      "word": "spinnel"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "make into a long tapered shape",
      "word": "spinnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "impale on a device for holding paper documents",
      "word": "opprikken"
    }
  ],
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}

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