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 		   Explanation
1421  1  blow  2  v  3      1  rank order: what position #1-20,000 in the list
  2  word (lemmatized, so strike = strike, strikes, struck, etc)
 3  part of speech (here, v = verb)
noun  wind•, whistle, air, •nose, •smoke, breeze•, •face, hair, •kiss, head, window, horn, •candle, •mind, storm•  misc  •away, •through, •across   Collocates, grouped by part of speech and ordered by frequency. These provide important insight on word meaning and usage. The symbol [ • ] before or after a word shows that the node word (in this case blow) is usually before or after the collocate, which can indicate subject / object and other relations
out •candle, window, •breath, air, wind•, •smoke, •knee, tire, •match up •building, plot•, bomb, plane, car, bridge, wind•, threaten• off •steam, head•, roof•, leg•   The collocates are given for each individual phrasal verb, when applicable
● whoosh, gust, waft, puff || move, propel, drive, carry   Synonyms, grouped by word sense. These appear for more than 75% of all words
27254  1  0.94  2  F  3    1  Raw frequency in COCA
 2  "Dispersion" score, which shows how evenly the word is spread across the corpus.
 3  Indication of genre variation, where the word occurs at least twice as common as otherwise expected in a given genre (Spoken, Fiction, Popular Magazine, Newspaper, Academic). With blow, it is very frequent in Fiction.

 

13720 stereotypical j   rank order | word | part of speech
noun  image, woman, role, view, character, notion, gender, characteristic, idea, behavior, perception, thinking  misc  •black, •feminine, •masculine, •Indian, •female, reflect•, male, portray, negative, fit•, avoid•, conform•   collocates
● conventional, orthodox, formulaic, banal, hackneyed, clichιd   synonyms
878 | 0.91 A   As indicated, most common in Academic

 

19964 bodice n   rank order | word | part of speech
adj  black, tight, white, embroidered, fitted, red, blue, gathered, beaded, pleated  noun  dress, skirt, gown, lace, sleeve, •ripper, back, satin, silk, waist  verb  embroider, rip, pull, •fit, feature•, wear, cover, lace, cut, tuck•   Even when there are no synonyms for a given word (as with bodice), the collocates often paint a very descriptive "word sketch". Try to imagine what a bodice is by looking at the collocates, and then click here for an image.
421 | 0.86 F   As indicated, most common in Fiction (hence the slang term bodice ripper novels)