[{"word":"christening","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To perform the religious act of the baptism, to baptise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The new baby was christened at the village church."},{"definition":"To name.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I christen this ship the Bonny Barnacle."},{"definition":"To Christianize.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To use for the first time.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I christened my new boots today with a walk in the snow."},{"definition":"To douse or wet with blood, urine, tears, or other liquid.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/christen","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/christening"]}]