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"2": "enm",
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},
"expansion": "Middle English unstoppen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "un",
"3": "stop",
"id1": "reversive"
},
"expansion": "un- + stop",
"name": "pre"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ontstoppen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ontstoppen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "entstopfen"
},
"expansion": "German entstopfen",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English unstoppen, equivalent to un- + stop. Cognate with Dutch ontstoppen, German entstopfen.",
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{
"form": "unstops",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
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},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "I was able to unstop the clogged toilet by using a plunger."
}
],
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"To remove a stoppage; to clear a blockage."
],
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"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"stoppage",
"stoppage"
],
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"clear",
"clear"
],
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"blockage",
"blockage"
]
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I unstopped a bottle of wine to celebrate."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To unplug or uncork a container."
],
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"unplug",
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[
"uncork",
"uncork"
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"container",
"container"
]
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To draw out the stops of (an organ)."
],
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"word": "unstop"
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},
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"name": "pre"
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{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ontstoppen"
},
"expansion": "Dutch ontstoppen",
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "entstopfen"
},
"expansion": "German entstopfen",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English unstoppen, equivalent to un- + stop. Cognate with Dutch ontstoppen, German entstopfen.",
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"form": "unstops",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "unstopping",
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"present"
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"form": "unstopped",
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"past"
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},
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"form": "unstopped",
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{
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{
"text": "I was able to unstop the clogged toilet by using a plunger."
}
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"stoppage",
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{
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{
"text": "I unstopped a bottle of wine to celebrate."
}
],
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"To unplug or uncork a container."
],
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"uncork",
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"glosses": [
"To draw out the stops of (an organ)."
],
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"organ",
"organ"
]
]
}
],
"word": "unstop"
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