See tong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "鉗起"
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "钳起"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "夾起"
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"sense": "to use tongs",
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "pincer"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "mit einer Zange halten"
},
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "pinzare"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "attanagliare"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "atazanar"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "atanazar"
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"sense": "to use tongs",
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ispólʹzovatʹ ščipcý",
"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "испо́льзовать щипцы́"
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"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "usar tenaza"
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "dùng kìm"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to use tongs",
"word": "dùng kẹp"
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"roman": "uneliov vercʻnel",
"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "ունելիով վերցնել"
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "աքցանով վերցնել"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "钳起"
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "mit einer Zange greifen"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "afferrare"
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"code": "it",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "abbrancare"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "aggranfiare"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "atazanar"
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
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"roman": "zaxvatítʹ ščipcámi",
"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "захвати́ть щипца́ми"
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
"word": "usar tenaza"
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "to grab, manipulate or transport something using tongs",
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"sense": "secret society",
"word": "堂"
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"sense": "secret society",
"word": "幫會"
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"roman": "bānghuì",
"sense": "secret society",
"word": "帮会"
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"roman": "táng",
"sense": "secret society",
"word": "堂"
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"ref": "1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:",
"text": "Or plaine and perfite way of teachyng children, to vnderstand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, but specially purposed for the priuate brynging vp of youth in Ientlemen and Noble mens houses, and commodious also for all such, as haue forgot the Latin tonge, and would, by themselues, without a Scholemaster, in short tyme, and with small paines, recouer a sufficient habilitie, to vnderstand, write, and speake Latin.",
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