{
    "term": "scald",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "scald",
            "heSheIt": "scalds"
        },
        "pastSimple": "scalded",
        "pastParticiple": "scalded",
        "ingForm": "scalding"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to burn yourself or part of your body with very hot liquid or steam",
            "sensetop": "scald something/yourself",
            "labels": "(figurative)(especially British English)(informal)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(North American English)(formal)(British English)(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Be careful not to scald yourself with the steam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tears scalded her eyes."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːld/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scald__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːldz/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalds__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪd/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalded__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalding__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːld/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scald__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːldz/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalds__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪd/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalded__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːldɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/scald/scalding__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Anglo-Norman French escalder, from late Latin excaldare, from Latin ex- ‘thoroughly’ + calidus ‘hot’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent."
}