"valve" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "valve",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are four valves in the heart that let blood go in one direction but stop it from going in the other direction."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valve is part of a tube that lets liquid or gas go through one way but stops it from going through the other way."
      ],
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        "countable"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Open this valve to let water go through the pipe."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valve is part of a tube that someone can open or close to let water or other things go through."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvælv/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "word": "valve"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "valve",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valves",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are four valves in the heart that let blood go in one direction but stop it from going in the other direction."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valve is part of a tube that lets liquid or gas go through one way but stops it from going through the other way."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Open this valve to let water go through the pipe."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A valve is part of a tube that someone can open or close to let water or other things go through."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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