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{
"term": "stab",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "stab",
"heSheIt": "stabs"
},
"pastSimple": "stabbed",
"pastParticiple": "stabbed",
"ingForm": "stabbing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into somebody, killing or injuring them",
"sensetop": "stab somebody",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was stabbed to death in a racist attack."
},
{
"text": "She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver."
},
{
"text": "He is accused of repeatedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy."
},
{
"text": "He was fatally stabbed."
},
{
"text": "He was found stabbed in his car."
},
{
"text": "He was stabbed in the chest."
},
{
"text": "Tina accidentally stabbed herself with her pencil."
}
],
"topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["repeatedly", "fatally", "accidentally"],
"verb + stab": ["threaten to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["at", "in", "with"],
"phrases": ["be found stabbed", "stab somebody to death"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make a short, aggressive or violent movement with a finger or pointed object",
"sensetop": "stab something (at/into/through something)stab somebody/something (with something)stab at/into/through something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest.",
"contextForm": "stab something (at/into/through something)"
},
{
"text": "She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray."
},
{
"text": "I stabbed at my meat with my fork."
},
{
"text": "She stabbed the air with her fork.",
"contextForm": "stab somebody/something (with something)"
},
{
"text": "The pain stabbed at his chest.",
"contextForm": "stab at/into/through something"
}
],
"synonyms": "jab, prod"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do or say something that harms somebody who trusts you",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stæb/",
"audio": "st/stab/stab__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stæbz/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabs__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stæbd/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabbed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstæbɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabbing__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/stæb/",
"audio": "st/stab/stab__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stæbz/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabs__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/stæbd/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabbed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈstæbɪŋ/",
"audio": "st/stab/stabbing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: of unknown origin."
}