Python define a word?

Question

Can I use python to define a word like this:

x=raw_input(\"Enter Word: \")
x=define(x)
print x

Is this possible? If si.. how 2 do it?

T

Answer 1

import re
from urllib2 import urlopen


def define(word):
    html = urlopen("http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/" + word + "?s=t").read()
    items = re.findall('
\s.*?
', html, re.S)
    defs = [re.sub('<.*?>','', x).strip() for x in items]
    for i, d in enumerate(defs):
        print '\n', '%s'%(i+1), d


define(raw_input("Enter the word you'd like to define: "))

This is essentially the same idea as the answer given by @SamTubb.
If the dictionary.com does not have a definition for the word you enter, you'll get a HTTPError.