See schitten in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
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{
"form": "schitteth",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schittende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schittynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitted",
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schittest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schittest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schitteth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
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"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"plural",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
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},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"plural"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
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"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schittynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schittende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yschit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shitt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shitte",
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"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "schet",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schete",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schette",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schetten",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shette",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ssete",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "ssette",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
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"form": "schutt",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schettyn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shutt",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shutte",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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},
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},
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "schitten (third-person singular simple present schitteth, present participle schittende, schittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle schitted)",
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}
],
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"1": "schitt",
"c": "te"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To bring something into a closed position."
],
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"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
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],
[
"bring",
"bring"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To bring something into a closed position."
],
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]
},
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}
],
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"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To block or seal an opening."
],
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[
"shut",
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],
[
"close",
"close"
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[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"block",
"block"
],
[
"seal",
"seal"
],
[
"opening",
"opening"
]
],
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"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To block or seal an opening."
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"To lock; to securely close (an object or location)"
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[
"shut",
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],
[
"close",
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],
[
"cause",
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[
"close",
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[
"lock",
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[
"securely",
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[
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"object#English"
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[
"location",
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"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To lock; to securely close (an object or location)"
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"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To seal a purse or letter."
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"close",
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[
"cause",
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"close",
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"seal",
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"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"(figuratively) To seal a purse or letter."
],
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"To enclose or surround:",
"To confine or isolate (for security)"
],
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[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
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[
"confine",
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],
[
"isolate",
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],
[
"security",
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"(transitive) To enclose or surround:",
"To confine or isolate (for security)"
],
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]
},
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"incarcerate",
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"forcibly",
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],
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"confine",
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]
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],
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"surround",
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"secure",
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[
"danger",
"danger#English"
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"To exclude or bar; to keep out."
],
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],
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"bar",
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],
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"(transitive) To exclude or bar; to keep out."
],
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},
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"To shut or close (to become closed)"
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[
"close",
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[
"become",
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"close",
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"(intransitive) To shut or close (to become closed)"
],
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"To end or terminate."
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"end",
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],
[
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"(transitive, rare) To end or terminate."
],
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"ipa": "/ˈʃitən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛtən/",
"note": "especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent, Southeast Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃutən/",
"note": "West Midland, Southern"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃut/",
"tags": [
"Yorkshire"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃeːtən/",
"note": "influenced by scheten"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃoːtən/",
"note": "influenced by scheten"
}
],
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},
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"name": "af"
}
],
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{
"form": "schitteth",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "schittende",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "schittynge",
"tags": [
"participle",
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},
{
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"first-person",
"indicative",
"participle",
"past",
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"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "enm-conj-wk",
"source": "conjugation",
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"inflection-template"
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},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "to schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
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},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "schittest",
"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schittest",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schitteth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"subjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitten",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schitteth",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schittynge",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schittende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "schit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "yschit",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "schitte",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shitt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shitte",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schete",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schette",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schetten",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shette",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "ssete",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "ssette",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"Kent"
]
},
{
"form": "schutt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "schettyn",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shutt",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shutte",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "verb",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "schitten",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"stem": "schitt"
},
"expansion": "schitten (third-person singular simple present schitteth, present participle schittende, schittynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle schitted)",
"name": "enm-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "schitt",
"c": "te"
},
"name": "enm-conj-wk"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To bring something into a closed position."
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"bring",
"bring"
],
[
"something",
"something"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To bring something into a closed position."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To block or seal an opening."
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"block",
"block"
],
[
"seal",
"seal"
],
[
"opening",
"opening"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To block or seal an opening."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To lock; to securely close (an object or location)"
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"lock",
"lock"
],
[
"securely",
"securely"
],
[
"object",
"object#English"
],
[
"location",
"location#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To lock; to securely close (an object or location)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"To seal a purse or letter."
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"cause",
"cause#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"seal",
"seal"
],
[
"purse",
"purse"
],
[
"letter",
"letter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To shut or close (to cause to be closed):",
"(figuratively) To seal a purse or letter."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To enclose or surround:",
"To confine or isolate (for security)"
],
"links": [
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
],
[
"confine",
"confine"
],
[
"isolate",
"isolate"
],
[
"security",
"security#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To enclose or surround:",
"To confine or isolate (for security)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To enclose or surround:",
"To incarcerate; to forcibly confine."
],
"links": [
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
],
[
"incarcerate",
"incarcerate"
],
[
"forcibly",
"forcibly"
],
[
"confine",
"confine"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To enclose or surround:",
"To incarcerate; to forcibly confine."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To enclose or surround:",
"To protect or secure (from a danger)"
],
"links": [
[
"enclose",
"enclose"
],
[
"surround",
"surround"
],
[
"protect",
"protect"
],
[
"secure",
"secure"
],
[
"danger",
"danger#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To enclose or surround:",
"To protect or secure (from a danger)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To exclude or bar; to keep out."
],
"links": [
[
"exclude",
"exclude"
],
[
"bar",
"bar"
],
[
"keep out",
"keep out"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To exclude or bar; to keep out."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To shut or close (to become closed)"
],
"links": [
[
"shut",
"shut"
],
[
"close",
"close"
],
[
"become",
"become#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To shut or close (to become closed)"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Middle English terms with rare senses",
"Middle English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To end or terminate."
],
"links": [
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"terminate",
"terminate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, rare) To end or terminate."
],
"tags": [
"rare",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃitən/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃɛtən/",
"note": "especially East Anglia, East Saxon, Kent, Southeast Midland"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃutən/",
"note": "West Midland, Southern"
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃut/",
"tags": [
"Yorkshire"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃeːtən/",
"note": "influenced by scheten"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʃoːtən/",
"note": "influenced by scheten"
}
],
"word": "schitten"
}
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