"молчали" meaning in Russian

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "молча́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molčáli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "молча́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "молча́ли • (molčáli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3.4:"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "А им говорит: должно ли в субботу добро делать, или зло делать? душу спасти, или погубить? Но они молчали.\nA im govorit: dolžno li v subbotu dobro delatʹ, ili zlo delatʹ? dušu spasti, ili pogubitʹ? No oni molčali.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "molčátʹ",
          "word": "молча́ть"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of молча́ть (molčátʹ)"
      ],
      "id": "en-молчали-ru-verb-yi4au58H",
      "links": [
        [
          "молча́ть",
          "молчать#Russian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐɫˈt͡ɕælʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "молчали"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "молча́ли",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "molčáli",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "молча́ли"
      },
      "expansion": "молча́ли • (molčáli)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Russian",
  "lang_code": "ru",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Requests for translations of Russian quotations",
        "Russian 3-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": [
        {
          "text": "Russian Synodal Bible, Mark 3.4:"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "text": "А им говорит: должно ли в субботу добро делать, или зло делать? душу спасти, или погубить? Но они молчали.\nA im govorit: dolžno li v subbotu dobro delatʹ, ili zlo delatʹ? dušu spasti, ili pogubitʹ? No oni molčali.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "molčátʹ",
          "word": "молча́ть"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural past indicative imperfective of молча́ть (molčátʹ)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "молча́ть",
          "молчать#Russian"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "imperfective",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐɫˈt͡ɕælʲɪ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "молчали"
}