{
    "term": "bird",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/bi/birds.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. Most birds can fly.",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bird’s nest with two eggs in it"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a species of bird"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A small bird flew down."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The birds migrate in September."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Birds were singing in the trees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The area has a wealth of bird life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "More than a third of Britain's **bird species** need urgent protection."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Birds"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["wild", "caged", "exotic"],
                "… of birds": ["flock"],
                "bird + verb": ["circle", "flit", "fly"],
                "bird + noun": ["species", "call", "song"],
                "phrases": ["a bird of passage", "a bird of prey", "a breed of bird"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person of a particular type, especially somebody who is strange or unusual in some way",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a wise old bird"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is that rare bird: a politician with a social conscience."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an offensive way of referring to a young woman",
            "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned, slang, offensive)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not be important or practical",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the wanted person has escaped",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "it is better to keep something that you already have than to risk losing it by trying to get much more",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the basic facts about sex, especially as told to children",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a view of something from a high position looking down",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "From the plane we had a bird's-eye view of Manhattan."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people of the same sort (are found together)",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the person who takes the opportunity to do something before other people will have an advantage over them",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to shout at somebody to show that you do not like or approve of them; to be shouted at",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make a rude sign at somebody with your middle finger; to have this sign made at you",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to achieve two things at the same time with one action",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that somebody told you something but you do not want to say who it was",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɜːd/",
                "audio": "bi/bird/bird__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɜːrd/",
                "audio": "bi/bird/bird__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English brid ‘chick, fledgling’, of unknown origin."
}