See strain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
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"text": "Sitting in back, I strained to hear the speaker.",
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},
{
"ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:",
"text": "He sweats, / Strains his young nerves.",
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{
"ref": "1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "They strain their warbling throats / To welcome in the spring.",
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{
"ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
"text": "Thus my plight was evil indeed, for I had nothing now to burn to give me light, and knew that 'twas no use setting to grout till I could see to go about it. Moreover, the darkness was of that black kind that is never found beneath the open sky, no, not even on the darkest night, but lurks in close and covered places and strains the eyes in trying to see into it.",
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"text": "to strain the law in order to convict an accused person",
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"ref": "2017 November 14, Matthew Kenney, PLANTLAB, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:",
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}
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"code": "rup",
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"word": "stricor"
},
{
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"word": "colar"
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{
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"code": "ba",
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"roman": "höźöw",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "һөҙөү"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preceždam",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "прецеждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "colar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "chr",
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"roman": "kanvsolvsdiha",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "ᎧᏅᏐᎸᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"word": "過濾"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "guòlǜ",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "过滤"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "濾"
},
{
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"roman": "lǜ",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
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},
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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],
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "nl",
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"word": "scheiden"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "de",
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"word": "durchsieben"
},
{
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"code": "de",
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{
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{
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"lang": "German",
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},
{
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"lang": "German",
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},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "abseihen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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{
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{
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "síothlaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "colare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "passare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "scolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "filtrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "setacciare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "georeuda",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "거르다"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "percolō"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "saccō"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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},
{
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "sile"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "colar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "süzmek",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "سوزمك"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "صاف کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mâšive kardan",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "ماشیوه کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
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{
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"code": "qu",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "suysuy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "strecura"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ceditʹ",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "procedítʹ",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "sìolaidh"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "colar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "tamizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "sila"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "salain"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "süzmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "procídžuvaty",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "procidýty",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "проціди́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "cidýty",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "vec",
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"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "cołar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 4 5 2 3 75 4 2 1 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "to separate solid from liquid",
"word": "colar"
}
]
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"text": "water straining through a sandy soil",
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"text": "Prince. How does my Father? / Princeſs. Still talks and plays with Fatyma, but his mirth / Is forc'd and ſtrain'd: In his look appears / A wild diſtracted fierceneſs; […]",
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"Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"poetry",
"poetry"
],
[
"movement",
"movement"
],
[
"song",
"song"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music, poetry) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, etc."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "theme"
},
{
"word": "motive"
},
{
"word": "manner"
},
{
"word": "style"
}
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"entertainment",
"journalism",
"lifestyle",
"literature",
"media",
"music",
"poetry",
"publishing",
"writing"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Language that is eloquent, poetic, or otherwise heightened."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Fifth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:",
"text": "the common strain",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A kind or sort (of person etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"kind",
"kind"
],
[
"sort",
"sort"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) A kind or sort (of person etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Treasure."
],
"links": [
[
"Treasure",
"treasure"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Treasure."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg."
],
"links": [
[
"yolk",
"yolk"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/stɹeɪn/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-strain.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ab/En-us-strain.ogg/En-us-strain.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/En-us-strain.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-eɪn"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sulāla",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "سُلَالَة"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "animals",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "paróda",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "паро́да"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "plants; sort",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сорт"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "viruses, microorganism",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "štam",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vid",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вид"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rod",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "род"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poroda",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "порода"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bloedlijn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of plants",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "lajike"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of virii/bacteria",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "kanta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "of people",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "sukujuuri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "suku"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "animals",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "race"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "plants",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "variété"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raze"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ǯiši",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "ჯიში"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saxeoba",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "სახეობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "saxesxvaoba",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "სახესხვაობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sorte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rasse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Abstammung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stamm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschlecht"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "származás"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "család"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "törzs"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "eredet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "razza"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varietà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lignaggio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceppo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "discendenza"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ştamm",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "штамм"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raça"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varietat"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "soy",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "صوی"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "nesl",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "نسل"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "سویه"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szczep"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"word": "linhagem"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "animals",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poróda",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поро́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "plants; sort",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сорт"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "viruses, microorganism",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štamm",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штамм"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "razza"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varità"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lignaggiu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cippu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "discinnenza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"english": "virus",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cepa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "linaje"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "animals",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "poróda",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поро́да"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "plants; sort",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сорт"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "viruses, microorganism",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "štam",
"sense": "race, lineage, pedigree",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"english": "viruses, microorganism",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "štam",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "щам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soca"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhū",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "株"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kmen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "specio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "kanta (microbe)"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "dog etc.",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "rotu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "plant",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "lajike"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "race"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "souche"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šṭami",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "შტამი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Stamm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Erregerstamm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Züchtung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sorte"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rasse"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Form"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Linie"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "törzs"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "fajta"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "galur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ceppo"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑɑpheit",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "ប្រភេទ"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stamme"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raça"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cepa"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varietat"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "for things",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "odmiana"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "for bacteria",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "szczep"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"note": "for animals",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rasa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "cepa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estirpe"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tulpină"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rod",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "род"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poróda",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поро́да"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "viruses, microorganism",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "štamm",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "штамм"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cippu"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sev (microbe)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "cepa"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"word": "variedad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "particular variety of microbe, organism etc.",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "stam"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nasledstvena čerta",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "наследствена черта"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"word": "perintö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"word": "taipumus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hérédité"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Veranlagung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Disposition"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Charakterzug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zug"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Tendenz"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Hang"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ausprägung"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"word": "hajlam"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disposizione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "predisposizione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"word": "carattere ereditario"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ereditarietà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tendenza"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tendens"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hang"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "hereditary character, quality, or disposition",
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"ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
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"text": "They strain their warbling throats / To welcome in the spring.",
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"ref": "1641 (first performance), [John Denham], The Sophy. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for H[enry] Herringman, […], published 1667, →OCLC, Act III, page 42:",
"text": "Prince. How does my Father? / Princeſs. Still talks and plays with Fatyma, but his mirth / Is forc'd and ſtrain'd: In his look appears / A wild diſtracted fierceneſs; […]",
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