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A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.
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{
"term": "vermin",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "wild animals or birds that destroy plants or food, or attack farm animals and birds",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "On farms the fox is considered vermin and treated as such."
}
],
"topics": ["Animals"],
"collocations": {
"verb + vermin": [
"consider something",
"regard something as",
"attract"
],
"vermin + verb": ["infest"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "insects that live on the bodies of animals and sometimes humans",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The room was crawling with vermin."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + vermin": [
"consider something",
"regard something as",
"attract"
],
"vermin + verb": ["infest"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "people who are very unpleasant or dangerous to society",
"labels": "(disapproving)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːmɪn/",
"audio": "ve/vermin/vermin__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɜːrmɪn/",
"audio": "ve/vermin/vermin__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (originally denoting animals such as reptiles and snakes): from Old French, based on Latin vermis ‘worm’."
}