See game in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"competitive",
"competitive"
],
[
"entertainment",
"entertainment"
],
[
"reward",
"reward"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment:",
"(rare) The reward for winning a game."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Game; wild animals hunted as food"
],
"links": [
[
"Game",
"game#English"
],
[
"wild",
"wild"
],
[
"hunt",
"hunt"
],
[
"food",
"food"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Game; wild animals hunted as food:"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Game; wild animals hunted as food:",
"One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch."
],
"links": [
[
"Game",
"game#English"
],
[
"wild",
"wild"
],
[
"hunt",
"hunt"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"quarry",
"quarry"
],
[
"catch",
"catch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"Game; wild animals hunted as food:",
"(rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An event or endeavour; something occuring."
],
"links": [
[
"event",
"event"
],
[
"endeavour",
"endeavour"
],
[
"occuring",
"occuring"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) An event or endeavour; something occuring."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡaːm(ə)/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɛ̞ːm(ə)/",
"tags": [
"Kent"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɡam/",
"tags": [
"Northern"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɔ̞ːm(ə)/",
"note": "West Midland, from Old English gomen"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"open-syllable lengthening"
],
"word": "game"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle English alternative forms",
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English nouns with invariant plurals",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"enm:Entertainment",
"enm:Games",
"enm:Happiness",
"enm:Hunting",
"enm:Meats",
"enm:Sex",
"enm:Sports"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"altform": "1"
},
"expansion": "game",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "to play",
"word": "gamen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of gamen (“to play”)"
],
"links": [
[
"gamen",
"gamen#Middle_English:_to_play"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "game"
}
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