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"A child's apron."
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},
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"homophone": "tyre"
},
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"word": "god tier"
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"roman": "nivo",
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"word": "ripiano"
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"tags": [
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"ref": "2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 114",
"text": "This party headed towards the tiers and lakes, scouring the country while veering towards Bothwell.",
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{
"ref": "2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 141",
"text": "On she drove, leaving the highway, up a skinny country road, past the snow-capped tier and into the forest on its foothills.",
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "tier"
},
"expansion": "Middle French tier",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "tire",
"t": "rank, sequence, order, kind"
},
"expansion": "Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "tirer",
"t": "to draw, draw out"
},
"expansion": "tirer (“to draw, draw out”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Germanic",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "tir",
"t": "honour, glory, power, rule"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tīr",
"t": "glory, honour, fame"
},
"expansion": "Old English tīr (“glory, honour, fame”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "tírr",
"t": "glory, honour, renown"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English tīr (“glory, honour, fame”), Old Norse tírr (“glory, honour, renown”).",
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tiering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "tiered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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{
"form": "tiered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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"expansion": "tier (third-person singular simple present tiers, present participle tiering, simple past and past participle tiered)",
"name": "en-verb"
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"tier"
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To arrange in layers."
],
"links": [
[
"arrange",
"arrange"
],
[
"layer",
"layer"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To arrange in layers."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To cascade in an overlapping sequence."
],
"links": [
[
"cascade",
"cascade"
],
[
"overlapping",
"overlapping"
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[
"sequence",
"sequence"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Computing"
],
"glosses": [
"To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"move",
"move"
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[
"storage",
"storage"
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[
"medium",
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[
"optimization",
"optimization"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, computing) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈtɪə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈtɪɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
},
{
"homophone": "tear (as in droplet from one's eye)"
},
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"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-tier.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-tier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-tier.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ad/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-tier.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-tier.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
},
{
"enpr": "tî"
},
{
"enpr": "tîr"
}
],
"word": "tier"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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