{
    "term": "weed",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among crops or garden plants",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The yard was overgrown with weeds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Routine maintenance of the garden consists of keeping weeds under control."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were weeds pushing up through the gravel."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees", "Gardens"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["annual", "perennial", "aquatic"],
                "verb + weed": ["kill", "clear", "get rid of"],
                "weed + verb": ["grow", "spread", "spring up"],
                "weed + noun": ["control", "killer", "trimmer"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "any wild plant without flowers that grows in water and forms a green floating mass",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "tobacco or cigarettes",
            "labels": "(humorous)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wish I could give up the weed *(= stop smoking)*."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the drug cannabis",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Social issues"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person with a weak character or body",
            "labels": "(British English, informal, disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Don’t be such a weed!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "with more problems, work or commitments than you can manage",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The bartender was alone and in the weeds, so we had to wait twenty minutes to order."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "too concerned with the details of something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't want to get too **deep in the weeds** here, but here's the short version:…"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wiːd/",
                "audio": "we/weed/weed__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wiːd/",
                "audio": "we/weed/weed__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English wēod (noun), wēodian (verb), of unknown origin; related to Dutch wieden (verb)."
}