"עיגל פינות" meaning in Hebrew

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to round corners"
      },
      "expansion": "“to round corners”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to round corners"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to round corners”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "cut corners",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of English cut corners",
      "name": "clq"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to round corners”. The second sense is a calque of English cut corners.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'igél pinót",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת",
        "tr": "'igél pinót",
        "wv": "עיגל פינות"
      },
      "expansion": "עיגל פינות / עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת • ('igél pinót) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "idiomatic"
      },
      "expansion": "(idiomatic)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Reuven Kaplan told him everything. He hid nothing, and did not tell a partial truth. He expected a hard talk.",
          "ref": "2004, Uri Adelman, שעות מתות [Sha'ót Metót, Dead Hours], Keter Publishing House Ltd, →ISBN, page 430:",
          "roman": "Sha'ót Metót",
          "text": "ראובן קפלן סיפר לו הכול. הוא לא הסתיר דבר, ולא עיגל פינות. הוא ציפה לשיחה קשה.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even to a simple question like what time is it he could not give an answer clearly. [He] always told a partial truth and rested on words with dual-meanings, that helped him escape diplomatically from every crisis.",
          "ref": "2008, Smadar Shir, עד סוף הים [Ad Sóf HaYám, To the End of the Sea], Yediot Akhronot, →ISBN, page 118:",
          "roman": "Ad Sóf HaYám",
          "text": "אפילו על שאלה פשוטה כמו מה השעה הוא לא יכול היה להשיב בצורה ברורה. תמיד עיגל פינות ונתמך במילים דו־משמעיות, אשר סייעו לא להיחלץ באופן דיפלומטי מכל משבר.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell a partial truth in order to avoid conflict"
      ],
      "id": "en-עיגל_פינות-he-verb-TZcyVxuK",
      "links": [
        [
          "partial",
          "partial"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to cut corners"
      ],
      "id": "en-עיגל_פינות-he-verb-KT~cUUJX",
      "links": [
        [
          "cut corners",
          "cut corners"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "עיגל פינות"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew idioms",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew multiword terms",
    "Hebrew pi'el verbs",
    "Hebrew terms calqued from English",
    "Hebrew terms derived from English",
    "Hebrew verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to round corners"
      },
      "expansion": "“to round corners”",
      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "to round corners"
      },
      "expansion": "Literally, “to round corners”",
      "name": "lit"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "cut corners",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of English cut corners",
      "name": "clq"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally, “to round corners”. The second sense is a calque of English cut corners.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "'igél pinót",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "dwv": "עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת",
        "tr": "'igél pinót",
        "wv": "עיגל פינות"
      },
      "expansion": "עיגל פינות / עִגֵּל פִּנּוֹת • ('igél pinót) (pi'el construction)",
      "name": "he-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "idiomatic"
      },
      "expansion": "(idiomatic)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Reuven Kaplan told him everything. He hid nothing, and did not tell a partial truth. He expected a hard talk.",
          "ref": "2004, Uri Adelman, שעות מתות [Sha'ót Metót, Dead Hours], Keter Publishing House Ltd, →ISBN, page 430:",
          "roman": "Sha'ót Metót",
          "text": "ראובן קפלן סיפר לו הכול. הוא לא הסתיר דבר, ולא עיגל פינות. הוא ציפה לשיחה קשה.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Even to a simple question like what time is it he could not give an answer clearly. [He] always told a partial truth and rested on words with dual-meanings, that helped him escape diplomatically from every crisis.",
          "ref": "2008, Smadar Shir, עד סוף הים [Ad Sóf HaYám, To the End of the Sea], Yediot Akhronot, →ISBN, page 118:",
          "roman": "Ad Sóf HaYám",
          "text": "אפילו על שאלה פשוטה כמו מה השעה הוא לא יכול היה להשיב בצורה ברורה. תמיד עיגל פינות ונתמך במילים דו־משמעיות, אשר סייעו לא להיחלץ באופן דיפלומטי מכל משבר.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell a partial truth in order to avoid conflict"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partial",
          "partial"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cut corners"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cut corners",
          "cut corners"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "construction-pi'el",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "עיגל פינות"
}