"track down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-track down.ogg Forms: tracks down [present, singular, third-person], tracking down [participle, present], tracked down [participle, past], tracked down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} track down (third-person singular simple present tracks down, present participle tracking down, simple past and past participle tracked down)
  1. (idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to search, hunt): 揣著 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 揣着 (chhōe-tio̍h, chhē-tio̍h) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 查獲 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 查获 (cha-he̍k) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 追尋 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 追寻 (tui-sîm) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 搵到 (Chinese Cantonese), 揾到 (alt: wan² dou³⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 查獲 (Chinese Cantonese), 查获 (caa⁴ wok⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 追尋 (Chinese Cantonese), 追寻 (zeoi¹ cam⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 找到 (zhǎo dào) (Chinese Mandarin), 查獲 (Chinese Mandarin), 查获 (cháhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 追尋 (Chinese Mandarin), 追寻 (zhuīxún) (Chinese Mandarin), vysledovat (Czech), vypátrat (Czech), opspore (Danish), opsporen (Dutch), serĉi (Esperanto), jäljittää (Finnish), traquer (French), dénicher (French), débusquer (French), localiser (French), dépister (French), rastrexar (Galician), aufstöbern (German), ausfindig machen (German), aufspüren (German), εντοπίζω (entopízo) (Greek), lenyomoz (Hungarian), melacak (Indonesian), rintracciare (Italian), scovare (Italian), localizzare (Italian), 追い詰める (oitsumeru) (Japanese), 〜を見つけ出す (Japanese), wytropić (Polish), rastrear (Portuguese), localizar (Portuguese), da (Romanian), da de urmă (Romanian), высле́живать (vysléživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́следить (výsleditʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отсле́живать (otsléživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отследи́ть (otsledítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), rastrear (Spanish), localizar (Spanish), spåra (Swedish), förfölja (Swedish), висте́жувати (vystéžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́стежити (výstežyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), вислі́джувати (vyslídžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ви́слідити (výslidyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), kacelta (Veps), ирдээ (irdee) (Yakut)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, down.
    Sense id: en-track_down-en-verb-4XZDrmKn

Inflected forms

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        "To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find."
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        "(idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find."
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "搵到"
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          "alt": "wan² dou³⁻²",
          "code": "yue",
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          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "揾到"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "查獲"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "caa⁴ wok⁶",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "查获"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "追尋"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zeoi¹ cam⁴",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "追寻"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "揣著"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "chhōe-tio̍h, chhē-tio̍h",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "揣着"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "查獲"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "cha-he̍k",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "查获"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "追尋"
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          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tui-sîm",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "追寻"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhǎo dào",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "找到"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "查獲"
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          "roman": "cháhuò",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "查获"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "追尋"
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          "roman": "zhuīxún",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "追寻"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "vysledovat"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "vypátrat"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "opspore"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "opsporen"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "serĉi"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "jäljittää"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "traquer"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "dénicher"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "débusquer"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "localiser"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "dépister"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "rastrexar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "aufstöbern"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "ausfindig machen"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "aufspüren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "entopízo",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "εντοπίζω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "lenyomoz"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "melacak"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "rintracciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "scovare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "localizzare"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oitsumeru",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "追い詰める"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "〜を見つけ出す"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "wytropić"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "rastrear"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "localizar"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "da"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "da de urmă"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysléživatʹ",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "высле́живать"
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          "roman": "výsleditʹ",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "вы́следить"
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          "roman": "otsléživatʹ",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "отсле́живать"
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          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "rastrear"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "spåra"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
          "word": "förfölja"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vystéžuvaty",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "висте́жувати"
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          "roman": "výstežyty",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "ви́стежити"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vyslídžuvaty",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "вислі́джувати"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "výslidyty",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "word": "ви́слідити"
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          "code": "vep",
          "lang": "Veps",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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          "code": "sah",
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          "roman": "irdee",
          "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "word": "查获"
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      "word": "追寻"
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      "roman": "zhǎo dào",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "找到"
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "查獲"
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      "word": "查获"
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "追尋"
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "traquer"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "dénicher"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "débusquer"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "localiser"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "dépister"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "rastrexar"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "aufstöbern"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "ausfindig machen"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "aufspüren"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "entopízo",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "εντοπίζω"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "lenyomoz"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "melacak"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "rintracciare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "scovare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "localizzare"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oitsumeru",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "追い詰める"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "〜を見つけ出す"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "wytropić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "rastrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "localizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "da"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "da de urmă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vysléživatʹ",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "высле́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výsleditʹ",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́следить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsléživatʹ",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отсле́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otsledítʹ",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отследи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "rastrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "localizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "spåra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "förfölja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vystéžuvaty",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "висте́жувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výstežyty",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ви́стежити"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyslídžuvaty",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вислі́джувати"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "výslidyty",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "ви́слідити"
    },
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      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "kacelta"
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      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "irdee",
      "sense": "to search, hunt",
      "word": "ирдээ"
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