"skewen" meaning in Middle English

See skewen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈskiu̯ən/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Northern French escuer, from Frankish *skiuhijan; a doublet of eschewen. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to run diagonally}}, {{bor+|enm|fro-nor|escuer}} Borrowed from Old Northern French escuer, {{der|enm|frk|*skiuhijan}} Frankish *skiuhijan, {{doublet|enm|eschewen|nocap=1}} doublet of eschewen Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} skewen, {{enm-verb|stem=skew}} skewen (third-person singular simple present skeweth, present participle skewende, skewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle skewed), {{tlb|enm|rare}} (rare) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|skew}} Forms: skeweth [present, singular, third-person], skewende [participle, present], skewynge [participle, present], skewed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], skewen [infinitive], to skewen [infinitive], skewe [infinitive], skewe [first-person, present, singular], skewed [first-person, past, singular], skewest [present, second-person, singular], skewedest [past, second-person, singular], skeweth [present, singular, third-person], skewed [past, singular, third-person], skewe [present, singular, subjunctive], skewed [past, singular, subjunctive], skewe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], skewen [plural, present], skewe [plural, present], skeweden [past, plural], skewede [past, plural], skeweth [imperative, plural, present], skewe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], skewynge [participle, present], skewende [participle, present], skewed [participle, past], yskewed [participle, past], skewe [alternative]
  1. To escape or flee; to avoid harm. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-skewen-enm-verb-f7dslbp5
  2. To move or run diagonally. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-skewen-enm-verb-Ap2YcDZJ Categories (other): Gaits Disambiguation of Gaits: 31 42 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈskiu̯ən/
Etymology: From skew (“sky”) + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|to darken}}, {{af|enm|skew|-en|id1=sky|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix|t1=sky}} skew (“sky”) + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} skewen, {{enm-verb|stem=skew}} skewen (third-person singular simple present skeweth, present participle skewende, skewynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle skewed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|skew}} Forms: skeweth [present, singular, third-person], skewende [participle, present], skewynge [participle, present], skewed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], skewen [infinitive], to skewen [infinitive], skewe [infinitive], skewe [first-person, present, singular], skewed [first-person, past, singular], skewest [present, second-person, singular], skewedest [past, second-person, singular], skeweth [present, singular, third-person], skewed [past, singular, third-person], skewe [present, singular, subjunctive], skewed [past, singular, subjunctive], skewe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], skewen [plural, present], skewe [plural, present], skeweden [past, plural], skewede [past, plural], skeweth [imperative, plural, present], skewe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], skewynge [participle, present], skewende [participle, present], skewed [participle, past], yskewed [participle, past]
  1. (hapax legomenon, of a waterbody) To darken due to cloud cover. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-skewen-enm-verb-GGiHPzvV Categories (other): Middle English hapax legomena, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 25 68 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 13 31 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 27 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 27 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "_dis": "0 0 0",
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      "name": "Weather",
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    {
      "form": "skewynge",
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    {
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "skewen",
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    {
      "form": "to skewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "skewed",
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    {
      "form": "skewest",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "skeweth",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "skewen",
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      "form": "skewe",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "skeweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "skeweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yskewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To escape or flee; to avoid harm."
      ],
      "id": "en-skewen-enm-verb-f7dslbp5",
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        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "flee",
          "flee"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "harm",
          "harm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
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          "langcode": "enm",
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        "To move or run diagonally."
      ],
      "id": "en-skewen-enm-verb-Ap2YcDZJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "move",
          "move"
        ],
        [
          "run",
          "run"
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        [
          "diagonally",
          "diagonally"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskiu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skewen"
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      "_dis": "0 0 0",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "skewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "to skewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "skewest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewedest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skeweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skeweden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skeweth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "imperative",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yskewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English hapax legomena",
          "parents": [],
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        "To darken due to cloud cover."
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        [
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        "(hapax legomenon, of a waterbody) To darken due to cloud cover."
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskiu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English rare terms",
    "Middle English terms borrowed from Old Northern French",
    "Middle English terms derived from Frankish",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old Northern French",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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      "form": "skeweth",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewynge",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "skewe",
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      "form": "skewe",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "skewed",
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        "present",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "skewedest",
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        "past",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "skeweth",
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      "form": "skewed",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "skewe",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "form": "skewed",
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        "past",
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewe",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "-",
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewen",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "skewe",
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      "form": "skeweden",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "skewede",
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    },
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      "form": "skeweth",
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        "present"
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      "form": "skewe",
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    },
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      "form": "skewynge",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "skewende",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "yskewed",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "skewe",
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        "To escape or flee; to avoid harm."
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          "harm",
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    }
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    "Middle English lemmas",
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    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
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    },
    {
      "form": "skewede",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skeweth",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "skewynge",
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    },
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        "present"
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        "To darken due to cloud cover."
      ],
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        [
          "cloud",
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          "cover",
          "cover"
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        "of a waterbody"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskiu̯ən/"
    }
  ],
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}

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