See flien in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
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"source": "conjugation",
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"past"
]
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"source": "conjugation",
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"To fly; to travel in the air."
],
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"To move in the sky."
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"To shoot or burst; to move rapidly."
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"To fall or sink; to move rapidly down."
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[
"sink",
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"To proliferate; to be disseminated."
],
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"(figurative) To proliferate; to be disseminated."
],
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},
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"To attack one's quarry or prey."
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"(rare, of gamebirds) To attack one's quarry or prey."
],
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{
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfleːn/"
}
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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{
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{
"word": "fley"
},
{
"word": "flyen"
},
{
"word": "fleen"
},
{
"word": "flen"
}
],
"word": "flien"
}
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