word-vault/dist/data/cards/hu/hunting.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "hunting",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "going after and killing wild animals as a sport or for food",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He **goes hunting** every weekend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Since 1977 otter hunting has been illegal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In 1966, the commercial hunting of blue whales was banned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the tiger, evolution has produced a perfect hunting machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a law prohibiting big-game hunting"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local people go hunting in the woods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The king built a large hunting lodge in the mountains."
                },
                {
                    "text": "commercial hunting of minke whales"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the hunting of deer"
                },
                {
                    "text": "traditional country pursuits like hunting, shooting and fishing"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big-game", "deer", "fox"],
                "verb + hunting": ["go", "ban"],
                "hunting + noun": ["knife", "rifle", "ground"],
                "preposition": ["hunting  of"],
                "phrases": ["happy hunting ground"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a sport in which foxes are hunted by specially trained dogs and by people on horses. Fox hunting with dogs is now illegal in the UK.",
            "labels": "(British English)British and North American English",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big-game", "deer", "fox"],
                "verb + hunting": ["go", "ban"],
                "hunting + noun": ["knife", "rifle", "ground"],
                "preposition": ["hunting  of"],
                "phrases": ["happy hunting ground"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the process of looking for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How's the job-hunting going?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Archaeologists have called for a ban on treasure hunting in the region."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hu/hunting/hunting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "hu/hunting/hunting__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}