{
    "term": "rash",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an area of red spots on a person’s skin, caused by an illness or a reaction to something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I woke up covered in a rash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **come out in a rash** (= a appears on my skin) if I eat chocolate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sun **brought her out in** *(= caused)* an itchy rash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **heat rash** *(= caused by heat)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has a slight rash on his chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some pesticides can cause rashes and burns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rash most commonly appears on the back."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I'm stressed I break out in a rash."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["skin", "itchy", "red"],
                "verb + rash": ["have", "break out in", "come out in"],
                "rash + verb": ["appear", "come out", "develop"],
                "preposition": ["rash on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a lot of something; a series of unpleasant things that happen over a short period of time",
            "sensetop": "rash (of something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a rash of movies about life in prison"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rising prices are the result of the recent rash of strikes in the steel industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There has been a rash of burglaries in the area over the last month."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ræʃ/",
                "audio": "ra/rash/rash__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ræʃ/",
                "audio": "ra/rash/rash__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun early 18th cent.: probably related to Old French rasche ‘eruptive sores’; compare with Italian raschia ‘itch’."
}