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{
"etymology_text": "From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts (i.e. jousts) at windmills that he has mistaken for giants.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tilts at windmills",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tilting at windmills",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "tilted at windmills",
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{
"form": "tilted at windmills",
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}
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"glosses": [
"To attack imaginary enemies."
],
"id": "en-tilt_at_windmills-en-verb-uuGDY1sH",
"links": [
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"attack",
"attack"
],
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"imaginary",
"imaginary"
],
[
"enemies",
"enemies"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "lluïtar contra molins de vent"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "taistella tuulimyllyjä vastaan"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "se battre contre des moulins à vent"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "gegen Windmühlen kämpfen"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nilchám b'tachanót rúach",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "נִלְחַם בְּטַחֲנוֹת רוּחַ"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "dul i ngleic le samhailtí"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "slåss mot vindmøller"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "kjempe mot vindmøller"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "walczyć z wiatrakami"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "borótʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "luchar contra molinos de viento"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "slåss mot väderkvarnar"
},
{
"_dis1": "97 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "ymladd â melinau gwynt"
}
]
},
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"_dis": "5 95",
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],
"glosses": [
"To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity."
],
"id": "en-tilt_at_windmills-en-verb-Le~Ph32j",
"links": [
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"wild-goose chase",
"wild-goose chase"
],
[
"persistently",
"persistently"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, by extension) To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "40 60",
"word": "throw one's cap over the windmill"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 60",
"word": "mistake windmills for giants"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "go on a wild-goose chase",
"word": "chase a rainbow"
},
{
"_dis1": "40 60",
"word": "fight windmills"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tilting at windmills"
],
"word": "tilt at windmills"
}
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"English verbs"
],
"etymology_text": "From a passage in the novel Don Quixote where the eponymous character tilts (i.e. jousts) at windmills that he has mistaken for giants.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tilts at windmills",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "tilting at windmills",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "tilted at windmills",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tilted at windmills",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "throw one's cap over the windmill"
},
{
"word": "mistake windmills for giants"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To attack imaginary enemies."
],
"links": [
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"attack",
"attack"
],
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"imaginary",
"imaginary"
],
[
"enemies",
"enemies"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To attack imaginary enemies."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity."
],
"links": [
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"wild-goose chase",
"wild-goose chase"
],
[
"persistently",
"persistently"
],
[
"futile",
"futile"
],
[
"activity",
"activity"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, by extension) To go on a wild-goose chase; to persistently engage in a futile activity."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "go on a wild-goose chase",
"word": "chase a rainbow"
},
{
"word": "fight windmills"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "lluïtar contra molins de vent"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "taistella tuulimyllyjä vastaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "se battre contre des moulins à vent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "gegen Windmühlen kämpfen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "nilchám b'tachanót rúach",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "נִלְחַם בְּטַחֲנוֹת רוּחַ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "dul i ngleic le samhailtí"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "slåss mot vindmøller"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "kjempe mot vindmøller"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "walczyć z wiatrakami"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "borótʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "боро́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sražátʹsja s vetrjanými mélʹnicami",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "сража́ться с ветряны́ми ме́льницами"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "luchar contra molinos de viento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "slåss mot väderkvarnar"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "attack imaginary enemies",
"word": "ymladd â melinau gwynt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"tilting at windmills"
],
"word": "tilt at windmills"
}
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