See taw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Unknown. Attested in English from the 18th century. Compare Old English tāw (“instrument”). Also compare Irish togh (“choose, elect”).",
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{
"form": "taws",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tawing",
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},
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"glosses": [
"To shoot a marble."
],
"links": [
[
"shoot",
"shoot"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/tɔː/",
"tags": [
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]
},
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},
{
"homophone": "tau (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "tor (non-rhotic)"
},
{
"homophone": "tore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
},
{
"homophone": "tour (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, pour–poor merger)"
}
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"2": "𐤕",
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"homophone": "tor (non-rhotic)"
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{
"word": "tav"
},
{
"word": "taf"
},
{
"word": "tau"
}
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tau"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "tav"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tav"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tav",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "תָּו"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"symbol"
],
"word": "ת"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "thau"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tav",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тав"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dtàf",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"word": "ตัฟ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tav",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тав"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "tof",
"sense": "Semitic letter",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "תּו"
}
],
"word": "taw"
}
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"etymology_text": "Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "taws",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tawing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
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"form": "tawed",
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"categories": [
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{
"ref": "1630, Michael Drayton, The Muses' Elizium:",
"text": "Swans vpon the Streame to tawe me",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To push; to tug; to tow."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/tɔː/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
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},
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"rhymes": "-ɔː"
},
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"homophone": "tau (one pronunciation)"
},
{
"homophone": "tor (non-rhotic)"
},
{
"homophone": "tore (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)"
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{
"homophone": "tour (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger, pour–poor merger)"
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"tags": [
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"word": "tawe"
}
],
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}
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