See trickle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "devera"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "druppelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "valua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "norua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "dégouliner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "ruisseler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "pingar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "tröpfeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "rieseln"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "sil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "gocciolare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "sgocciolare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "stillare"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "sheel"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "koreto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "kotokoto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "tohihī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "māturu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "māturuturu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "paheke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "tohihī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "totō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "hohō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sočítʹsja",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "сочи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "galati",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "गलति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "chorrear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "gotear"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sočytysja",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "сочитися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "točytysja",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "точитися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "tekty civkoju",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "текти цівкою"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to flow in a very thin stream or drop continuously",
"word": "chảy nhỏ giọt"
}
],
"word": "trickle"
}
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