word-vault/dist/data/cards/pi/pink.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "pink",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pale red in colour",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pale pink roses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She went bright pink with embarrassment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun was now just a pink glow in the evening sky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was wearing a hot *(= bright)* pink top."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Outside, the sky is turning pink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was pink with anger."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She could feel herself going pink."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The western sky was glowing pink."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["glow", "go", "grow"],
                "adjective": ["fluorescent", "hot", "baby"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with gay people",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **pink pound** *(= money spent by  and lesbians as an influence in the economy)"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "having or showing slightly left-wing political views",
            "labels": "(informal, disapproving, politics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pale pink politics"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪŋk/",
                "audio": "pi/pink/pink_1_gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪŋk/",
                "audio": "pi/pink/pink__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "adjective mid 17th cent.: from pink (the plant), the early use of the adjective being to describe the colour of the flowers of this plant."
}