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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "bird",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/bi/birds.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. Most birds can fly.",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a bird’s nest with two eggs in it"
},
{
"text": "a species of bird"
},
{
"text": "A small bird flew down."
},
{
"text": "The birds migrate in September."
},
{
"text": "Birds were singing in the trees."
},
{
"text": "The area has a wealth of bird life."
},
{
"text": "More than a third of Britain's **bird species** need urgent protection."
}
],
"topics": ["Birds"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["wild", "caged", "exotic"],
"… of birds": ["flock"],
"bird + verb": ["circle", "flit", "fly"],
"bird + noun": ["species", "call", "song"],
"phrases": ["a bird of passage", "a bird of prey", "a breed of bird"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person of a particular type, especially somebody who is strange or unusual in some way",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a wise old bird"
},
{
"text": "She is that rare bird: a politician with a social conscience."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an offensive way of referring to a young woman",
"labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, slang, offensive)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to not be important or practical",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the wanted person has escaped",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children",
"labels": "(humorous)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a view of something from a high position looking down",
"examples": [
{
"text": "From the plane we had a bird's-eye view of Manhattan."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "people of the same sort (are found together)",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to shout at somebody to show that you do not like or approve of them; to be shouted at",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make a rude sign at somebody with your middle finger; to have this sign made at you",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to achieve two things at the same time with one action",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that somebody told you something but you do not want to say who it was",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɜːd/",
"audio": "bi/bird/bird__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɜːrd/",
"audio": "bi/bird/bird__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin."
}