word-vault

{ "term": "kill", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "kill", "heSheIt": "kills" }, "pastSimple": "killed", "pastParticiple": "killed", "ingForm": "killing" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to make somebody/something die", "sensetop": "kill (somebody/something)kill yourselfkill yourself doing something", "labels": "(informal)(figurative)(figurative)", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Cancer kills thousands of people every year.", "contextForm": "kill (somebody/something)" }, { "text": "Tiredness while driving can kill." }, { "text": "Dozens of civilians were **killed or injured** in the attack." }, { "text": "She was **nearly killed** by a car bomb." }, { "text": "Both members of the crew were **killed instantly** when the missile hit their aircraft." }, { "text": "Three soldiers were **killed in action** *(= while fighting)* yesterday." }, { "text": "She tried to kill me!" }, { "text": "The terrorists **threatened to kill** the hostages." }, { "text": "I bought a spray to kill the weeds." }, { "text": "My mother will kill me *(= be very angry with me)* when she finds out." }, { "text": "He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.", "contextForm": "kill yourself" }, { "text": "Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait.", "contextForm": "kill yourself doing something" }, { "text": "Three people were killed in the crash." }, { "text": "He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional." }, { "text": "The animals are killed quickly and humanely." }, { "text": "As a young boy he accidentally killed his brother." }, { "text": "The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed." }, { "text": "The poison was slowly killing her." }, { "text": "The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately." }, { "text": "They plotted to kill the dictator." }, { "text": "I nearly killed myself carrying that suitcase all the way here." } ], "topics": ["Crime and punishment"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["outright", "almost", "nearly"], "verb + kill": ["want to", "be prepared to", "threaten to"], "phrases": [ "admit killing somebody", "admit to killing somebody", "deny killing somebody" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to destroy something or make it less good; to make something stop", "sensetop": "kill something", "examples": [ { "text": "to kill a rumour" }, { "text": "She claims that social media kills relationships." }, { "text": "The defeat last night killed the team's chances of qualifying." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to switch off a light or engine; to stop a computer program or process", "sensetop": "kill something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She killed the engine and climbed out." }, { "text": "The only way to kill the process is to reboot the computer." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to cause somebody pain", "sensetop": "kill somebodyit kills somebody to do something", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "My feet are killing me." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to make somebody laugh a lot", "sensetop": "kill somebody", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "Stop it! You're killing me!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to have nothing to do or not be busy", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to describe the very angry or unpleasant way somebody is/was looking at you", "examples": [ { "text": "If looks could kill, she thought, seeing the expression that came over his face when he saw her, she’d be dead on the pavement." }, { "text": "I don’t know what I’ve done to upset him, but if looks could kill…" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to destroy something that would make you rich, successful, etc.", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Difficulty and failure"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do something really well", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She always kills it on stage." }, { "text": "The team has been killing it on the pitch this season!" } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completely", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success", "Difficulty and failure"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to spend time doing something that is not important while you are waiting for something else to happen", "examples": [ { "text": "We killed time playing cards." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to achieve two things at the same time with one action", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be so kind to somebody/something that you in fact harm them", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to laugh a lot", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "He was killing himself laughing." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/kɪl/", "audio": "ki/kill/kill__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kɪlz/", "audio": "ki/kill/kills__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kɪld/", "audio": "ki/kill/killed__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪlɪŋ/", "audio": "ki/kill/killing__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/kɪl/", "audio": "ki/kill/kill__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kɪlz/", "audio": "ki/kill/kills__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/kɪld/", "audio": "ki/kill/killed__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈkɪlɪŋ/", "audio": "ki/kill/killing__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘strike, beat’, also ‘put to death’): probably of Germanic origin and related to quell. The noun originally denoted a stroke or blow." }