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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "feather",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"image": "data/images/bi/birds.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "one of the many soft light parts covering a bird’s body",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a peacock feather"
},
{
"text": "tail/flight/wing feathers"
},
{
"text": "a feather pillow *(= one containing feathers)*"
},
{
"text": "I had to pluck the dead hen's feathers."
},
{
"text": "Its feathers were ruffled by the chill breeze."
},
{
"text": "The chicks have grown their adult feathers."
},
{
"text": "The owl fluffed out its feathers."
},
{
"text": "a fledgling with new flight feathers"
},
{
"text": "a swan preening its feathers"
},
{
"text": "the downy feathers on the duck's breast"
}
],
"topics": ["Birds"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["breast", "neck", "tail"],
"verb + feather": ["preen", "fluff", "fluff out"],
"feather + noun": ["bed", "mattress", "pillow"],
"phrases": ["as light as a feather"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "people of the same sort (are found together)",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "an action that you can be proud of",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to annoy or upset somebody or a group of people",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The senator's speech ruffled a few feathers in the business world."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make somebody feel less angry or offended",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to express surprise",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfeðə(r)/",
"audio": "fe/feather/feather__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈfeðər/",
"audio": "fe/feather/feather__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English fether, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch veer and German Feder, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit patra ‘wing’, Latin penna ‘feather’, and Greek pteron, pterux ‘wing’."
}