"били" meaning in Russian

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "би́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bíli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "би́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "би́ли • (bíli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.",
          "ref": "1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:37:",
          "roman": "I podnjalasʹ velikaja burja; volny bili v lodku, tak što ona uže napolnjalasʹ vodoju.",
          "text": "И поднялась великая буря; волны били в лодку, так что она уже наполнялась водою.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bitʹ",
          "word": "бить"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)"
      ],
      "id": "en-били-ru-verb-EFTD~r4H",
      "links": [
        [
          "бить",
          "бить#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʲilʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "били"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "би́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bíli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "би́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "би́ли • (bíli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian 2-syllable words",
        "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Russian non-lemma forms",
        "Russian terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Russian terms with quotations",
        "Russian verb forms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped.",
          "ref": "1876, Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 4:37:",
          "roman": "I podnjalasʹ velikaja burja; volny bili v lodku, tak što ona uže napolnjalasʹ vodoju.",
          "text": "И поднялась великая буря; волны били в лодку, так что она уже наполнялась водою.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "bitʹ",
          "word": "бить"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of бить (bitʹ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "бить",
          "бить#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈbʲilʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "били"
}