{
    "term": "stab",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "stab",
            "heSheIt": "stabs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "stabbed",
        "pastParticiple": "stabbed",
        "ingForm": "stabbing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into somebody, killing or injuring them",
            "sensetop": "stab somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was stabbed to death in a racist attack."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is accused of repeatedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was fatally stabbed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was found stabbed in his car."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was stabbed in the chest."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tina accidentally stabbed herself with her pencil."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["repeatedly", "fatally", "accidentally"],
                "verb + stab": ["threaten to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "in", "with"],
                "phrases": ["be found stabbed", "stab somebody to death"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make a short, aggressive or violent movement with a finger or pointed object",
            "sensetop": "stab something (at/into/through something)stab somebody/something (with something)stab at/into/through something",
            "labels": "(figurative)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest.",
                    "contextForm": "stab something (at/into/through something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I stabbed at my meat with my fork."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She stabbed the air with her fork.",
                    "contextForm": "stab somebody/something (with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pain stabbed at his chest.",
                    "contextForm": "stab at/into/through something"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "jab, prod"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to do or say something that harms somebody who trusts you",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæb/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stab__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæbz/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæbd/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabbed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstæbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabbing__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæb/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stab__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæbz/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stæbd/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabbed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈstæbɪŋ/",
                "audio": "st/stab/stabbing__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: of unknown origin."
}