word-vault/dist/data/cards/dr/drunk.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "drunk",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "having drunk so much alcohol that it is impossible to think or speak clearly",
            "sensetop": "drunk on something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They were clearly too drunk to drive."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His only way of dealing with his problems was to go out and **get drunk**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They got drunk on vodka.",
                    "contextForm": "drunk on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was still half drunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was beginning to feel very drunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wine had made her drunk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By now I was pretty drunk on the free beer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was full of drunk people."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["with"],
                "phrases": ["drunk driver", "drunk driving"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "very excited, tired, etc. because of a particular emotion or situation",
            "sensetop": "drunk with something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "drunk with success"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was almost drunk with all these new impressions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "drunk with fatigue"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely drunk",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He came home blind drunk."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "behaving in a noisy or violent way in a public place because you are drunk",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Police arrested him for being drunk and disorderly."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very drunk",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "extremely drunk and noisy",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He rolled home roaring drunk at 3 o’clock in the morning."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drʌŋk/",
                "audio": "dr/drunk/drunk__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/drʌŋk/",
                "audio": "dr/drunk/drunk__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: past participle of drink; compare with drunken."
}