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"forms": [
{
"form": "tail",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tails",
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"plural"
]
}
],
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dog wags his tail (moves his tail quickly from side to side) when he sees his friend."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A tail is a long, thin part on the back end of an animal."
],
"id": "simple-tail-en-noun-j3eJ~nhJ",
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"enpr": "tāl"
},
{
"ipa": "/teɪl/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tail.ogg",
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"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
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},
{
"audio": "en-au-tail.ogg",
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"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
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"tale"
]
}
],
"word": "tail"
}
{
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{
"form": "tail",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "tails",
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"third-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tailed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tailed",
"tags": [
"past",
"participle"
]
},
{
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"present",
"participle"
]
}
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}
],
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{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"If you tail someone, you follow them without them noticing; you observe them."
],
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]
}
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},
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{
"audio": "en-au-tail.ogg",
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"tags": [
"Australia"
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},
{
"homophones": [
"tale"
]
}
],
"word": "tail"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "tail",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tails",
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}
],
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],
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dog wags his tail (moves his tail quickly from side to side) when he sees his friend."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A tail is a long, thin part on the back end of an animal."
],
"raw_tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "tāl"
},
{
"ipa": "/teɪl/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tail.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-tail.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
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"tale"
]
}
],
"word": "tail"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "tail",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "tails",
"tags": [
"third-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tailed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "tailed",
"tags": [
"past",
"participle"
]
},
{
"form": "tailing",
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"present",
"participle"
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}
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}
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],
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"If you tail someone, you follow them without them noticing; you observe them."
],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "tāl"
},
{
"ipa": "/teɪl/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tail.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-au-tail.ogg",
"raw_tags": [
"Audio"
],
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
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]
}
],
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}
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