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{
"term": "scald",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "scald",
"heSheIt": "scalds"
},
"pastSimple": "scalded",
"pastParticiple": "scalded",
"ingForm": "scalding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to burn yourself or part of your body with very hot liquid or steam",
"sensetop": "scald something/yourself",
"labels": "(figurative)(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Be careful not to scald yourself with the steam."
},
{
"text": "Tears scalded her eyes."
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːld/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scald__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːldz/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪd/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalding__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːld/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scald__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/skɔːldz/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪd/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪŋ/",
"audio": "sc/scald/scalding__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French escalder, from late Latin excaldare, from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly’ + calidus ‘hot’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent."
}