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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "drive-volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "drop volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "serve and volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "snap-volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "half volley"
}
],
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{
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"templates": [
{
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"1": "yue",
"2": "窩利",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Cantonese: 窩利／窝利 (wo¹ lei⁶⁻²)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Cantonese: 窩利／窝利 (wo¹ lei⁶⁻²)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Volley",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Volley",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Volley"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"1": "pl",
"2": "wolej",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: wolej",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: wolej"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
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"1": "pt",
"2": "vólei",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: vólei",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: vólei"
}
],
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"3": "*gʷelH-"
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},
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},
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"2": "frm",
"3": "volée",
"4": "",
"5": "flight"
},
"expansion": "Middle French volée (“flight”)",
"name": "uder"
},
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "volta"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin volta",
"name": "uder"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "undefined derivations"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "cln"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "volatus"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin volatus",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.",
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{
"form": "volleys",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "volley (plural volleys)",
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"pos": "noun",
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"ref": "1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 30, in The Dust of Conflict",
"text": "It was by his order the shattered leading company flung itself into the houses when the Sin Verguenza were met by an enfilading volley as they reeled into the calle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired."
],
"id": "en-volley-en-noun-VImDTulM",
"links": [
[
"simultaneous",
"simultaneous"
],
[
"firing",
"firing#Noun"
],
[
"number",
"number#Noun"
],
[
"missile",
"missile"
],
[
"bullets",
"bullet#Noun"
],
[
"projectiles",
"projectile#Noun"
],
[
"fired",
"fire#Verb"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "yaylım"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zalp",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "залп"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zalp",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "залп"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salva"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "齊射"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qíshè",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "齐射"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "排槍射擊"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "páiqiāng shèjī",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "排枪射击"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salva"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "hromadná palba"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "salvo"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "yhteislaukaus"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volée"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salve"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "zalṗi",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "ზალპი"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Salve"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mattáẖ",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מַטָּח"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rois"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rúisc"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "raffica"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"alt": "せいしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seisha",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "斉射"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "waipū"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "waiwaipū"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "waipūtanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salva"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saraivada"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salvă"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zalp",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "залп"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salva"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "salva"
},
{
"_dis1": "90 5 2 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zalp",
"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "залп"
}
]
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"text": "a volley of words",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1835, G[eorge] Croly, “Memoir of Pope”, in Alexander Pope, The Works of Alexander Pope; […], volume I, London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], →OCLC, page 56",
"text": "A whole volley of furious criticism was poured on the author [Alexander Pope] by those enemies whom his contempt had created, and his honest pride had justly disdained to propitiate.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A burst or emission of many things at once."
],
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[
"burst",
"burst#Noun"
],
[
"emission",
"emission"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "salva"
},
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"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výbuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"word": "tulva"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"word": "syöksy"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "batki",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"word": "ბათქი"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rois"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"word": "waipūtanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 93 2 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "burst or emission",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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}
]
},
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Sports",
"orig": "en:Sports",
"parents": [
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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"The flight of a ball just before it bounces."
],
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"links": [
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"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"flight",
"flight"
],
[
"ball",
"ball#Noun"
],
[
"bounces",
"bounce#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces."
],
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"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vlucht"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"word": "ilmalento"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yá'af",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "יַעַף"
},
{
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "volé",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ווֹלֵה"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wolej"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"Brazil",
"masculine"
],
"word": "voleio"
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{
"_dis1": "2 5 65 24 5",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vólei"
}
]
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"ref": "2011 October 1, John Sinnott, “Aston Villa 2–0 Wigan”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "But there was nothing he could do about Villa's second when Agbonlahor crossed from the left and Bent finished with a precision volley.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground."
],
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[
"sports",
"sports"
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[
"shot",
"shot#Noun"
],
[
"played",
"play#Verb"
],
[
"hits",
"hit#Verb"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#Noun"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "volé",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воле́"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volea"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volej"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"word": "in de vlucht genomen bal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"word": "lentolyönti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "volé",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βολέ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volée"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wolej"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volley"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "volej"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volea"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 8 87 3",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "voleo"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Cricket",
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"Sports",
"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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"glosses": [
"A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket."
],
"id": "en-volley-en-noun-BC~CoTBe",
"links": [
[
"cricket",
"cricket"
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[
"sending",
"sending#Noun"
],
[
"full",
"full#Adjective"
],
[
"top",
"top#Noun"
],
[
"wicket",
"wicket"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket."
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"cricket",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɒli/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɑli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒli"
},
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "simultaneous fire",
"word": "yaylım"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "simultaneous fire",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "simultaneous fire",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"word": "hromadná palba"
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{
"code": "nl",
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"tags": [
"neuter"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "yhteislaukaus"
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ზალპი"
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "uk",
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "burst or emission",
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"word": "výbuch"
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{
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"sense": "burst or emission",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"word": "ბათქი"
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{
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"feminine"
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "flight of a ball before it bounces",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "he",
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"code": "he",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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"code": "pt",
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"masculine"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
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"masculine"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "volé",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "воле́"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volea"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volej"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"word": "in de vlucht genomen bal"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"word": "lentolyönti"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "volé",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βολέ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volée"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wolej"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "volley"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "volej"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "volea"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "voleo"
}
],
"word": "volley"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Late Latin",
"English terms derived from Middle French",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷelH-",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɒli",
"Rhymes:English/ɒli/2 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "half volley"
},
{
"word": "scorpion volley"
},
{
"word": "volleyball"
}
],
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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʷelH-"
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "undefined derivations"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "cln"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "frm",
"3": "volée",
"4": "",
"5": "flight"
},
"expansion": "Middle French volée (“flight”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
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"expansion": "",
"name": "cln"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
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"3": "volta"
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"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "undefined derivations"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "cln"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "LL.",
"3": "volatus"
},
"expansion": "Late Latin volatus",
"name": "uder"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "volleys",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "volleying",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "volleyed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "volleyed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To fire a volley of shots"
],
"links": [
[
"fire",
"fire"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To fire a volley of shots"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Sports"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2011 May 14, Peter Scrivener, “Sunderland 1–3 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport",
"text": "Boudewijn Zenden hit the post from 25 yards for the home side before Jody Craddock volleyed Wolves ahead from 10 yards against his former club.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hit the ball before it touches the ground"
],
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To be fired in a volley"
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To be fired in a volley"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"To make a volley"
],
"links": [
[
"sports",
"sports"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports, intransitive) To make a volley"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To sound together"
],
"links": [
[
"sound",
"sound"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɒli/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈvɑli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒli"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-volley.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-au-volley.ogg/En-au-volley.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-au-volley.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to fire a volley of shots",
"word": "ampua yhteislaukaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hit the ball before it touches the ground",
"word": "lyödä lentolyönti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "in tennis and other racquet and club games",
"sense": "to hit the ball before it touches the ground",
"word": "lyödä ilmasta"
}
],
"word": "volley"
}
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