{
    "term": "mouse",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small animal that is covered in fur and has a long thin tail. Mice live in fields, in people’s houses or where food is stored.",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a house mouse"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The stores were overrun with rats and mice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She crept upstairs, **quiet as a mouse**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a shy little mouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A mouse has gnawed its way through the telephone wire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The mouse genome is a great resource for medical research."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Animals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["deer", "field", "house"],
                "verb + mouse": ["chase", "catch", "kill"],
                "mouse + verb": ["squeak", "run", "scurry"],
                "mouse + noun": ["droppings", "hole", "trap"],
                "phrases": ["as quiet as a mouse"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small device that is moved by hand across a surface to control the movement of the cursor on a computer screen",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Use the mouse to drag the icon to a new position."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I prefer a wireless mouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The keyboard and mouse are wireless devices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Click the left **mouse button** twice to highlight the program."
                },
                {
                    "text": "With simple **mouse clicks**, the viewer can navigate the room."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Move the cursor around the screen with the mouse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some of these mouse click short cuts are worth learning."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["optical", "wireless"],
                "verb + mouse": ["click", "double-click", "use"],
                "mouse + noun": ["button", "click", "cursor"],
                "preposition": ["with the mouse"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to play a cruel game with somebody in your power by changing your behaviour very often, so that they become nervous and do not know what to expect",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He thought the police were playing some elaborate game of cat and mouse and waiting to trap him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young car thieves enjoy playing cat and mouse with the police."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "people enjoy themselves more and behave with greater freedom when the person in charge of them is not there",
            "labels": "(saying)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maʊs/",
                "audio": "mo/mouse/mouse__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maɪs/",
                "audio": "mi/mouse/mice__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maʊs/",
                "audio": "mo/mouse/mouse__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/maɪs/",
                "audio": "mi/mouse/mice__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English mūs, (plural) mȳs, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch muis and German Maus, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin and Greek mus."
}