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"word": "sea twine"
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"word": "settler's twine"
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"A twist; a convolution."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"feminine"
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "răsucire"
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
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"feminine"
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"ref": "1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, pages 120–121",
"text": "The orioles like to build the framework of twine, and it is marvelous how they will loop this around a twig almost as evenly knotted as if crocheted[…]",
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"A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string."
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"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "合股線"
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "twyn"
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{
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{
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"code": "ota",
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"roman": "sicim",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "سجیم"
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{
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
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{
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"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
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{
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{
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"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bečóvka",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"roman": "špagát",
"sense": "strong thread",
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{
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"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
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"tags": [
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"roman": "špahát",
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{
"_dis1": "0 100 0 0",
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "izvivane",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
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"word": "извиване"
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{
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"roman": "usukvane",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
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"word": "усукване"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 90 4",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "entrellaçar"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "trenar"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "provázání"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 90 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "enfronzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 90 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "enfrouzar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 90 4",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "embiar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 90 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
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"word": "Winden"
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{
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"code": "de",
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"A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string."
],
"links": [
[
"thread",
"thread"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The act of twining or winding round."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1965, Wilson Pickett, Don't Fight It (blues song), BMI Music.\nThe way you jerk, the way you do the twine / You're too much, baby; I'd like to make you mine …"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations."
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/twaɪn/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪn"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
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"tags": [
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vitka",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "витка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvivka",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "извивка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "torsió"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "circumvolució"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "provázání"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torsion"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "convolution"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touliña"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "erre"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "empeno"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tolondro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torcedela"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "repulgo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Windung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verschlingung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ranke"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wicklung"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sníomh"
},
{
"code": "mn",
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"roman": "erč",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"word": "эрч"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "mušgia",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"word": "мушгиа"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "convolucion"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torcedura"
},
{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "oc",
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "oc",
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"feminine"
],
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},
{
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "răsucire"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сплете́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snìomh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "circunvolución"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a twist; a convolution",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torsión"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vrǎv",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "връв"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kanap",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "合股線"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hégǔ xiàn",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "合股线"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "provázek"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "motouz"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "snor"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "sejlgarn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "twijn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tweern"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "niit"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "tvein"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "naru"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ficelle"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "baraza"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brenza"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lía"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "atume"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "liña"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kordel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zwirn"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Schnur"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khut meshikha",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "חוּט מְשִׁיחָה"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "šnurkka"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ruóg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sreangán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "spago"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "nūlŭ",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "നൂല്"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "tuaina"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "twyn"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "tłʼóół"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "snor"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "crodèl"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cordèla"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "sicim",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "سجیم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dratwa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cordel"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "barbante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "șnur"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bečóvka",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бечёвка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "špagát",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпага́т"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "motuz, špagát"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cordel"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cuerda"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "guita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bindtråd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bindgarn"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "säcksnöre"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "garn"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "strong thread",
"word": "lani"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "špahát",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шпага́т"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "švorka",
"sense": "strong thread",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шворка"
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{
"code": "esu",
"lang": "Yup'ik",
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"word": "pelacinak"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izvivane",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "извиване"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"tags": [
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"word": "усукване"
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "entrellaçar"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "trenar"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "provázání"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "enfronzar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the act of twining",
"word": "enfrouzar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"word": "embiar"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Winden"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Zwirnen"
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{
"code": "de",
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"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "de",
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],
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{
"code": "de",
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],
"word": "Wickeln"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "ga",
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],
"word": "sníomh"
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{
"code": "lv",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"word": "сплете́ние"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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{
"code": "gd",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "snìomh"
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{
"code": "es",
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"English terms derived from Old English",
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"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
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"Rhymes:English/aɪn/1 syllable"
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"word": "intertwine"
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{
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}
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"(transitive) To weave together."
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"ref": "1600, Torquato Tasso, translated by Edward Fairfax, Jerusalem Delivered, published 1581, Book 20, Stanza 38",
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"ref": "1646, Richard Crashaw, M. Crashaw’s Answer for Hope, lines 29–30",
"text": "As lumpes of sugar loose themselues, and twine\nTheir subtile essence with the soul of wine.",
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"To mingle; to mix."
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uvivam",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "увивам"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "splitam",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "сплитам"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "plekti"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "abiñar"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "flechten"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "binden"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "winden"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "zwirnen"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to weave together",
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "sníomh"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "kanoi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "miro"
},
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"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "twynen"
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vítʹsja",
"sense": "to weave together",
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"word": "ви́ться"
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"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to weave together",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "обвива́ться"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to weave together",
"word": "snìomh"
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"roman": "vija",
"sense": "to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body",
"word": "вия"
},
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"roman": "uvivam",
"sense": "to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body",
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"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body",
"word": "twynen"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to wind, as one thread around another, or as any flexible substance around another body",
"word": "tvinna"
}
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