Help with a dictionary+ application?

I am thinking of making a dictio开发者_如何学编程nary application with some changes to suit my needs.But the problem is that I can't figure out how to get the word-list with their meanings.Any idea what I can do? I found a word-list but it just had words not their meanings. Edit- I am unable to add a comment. Though I found this: http://wordnet.princeton.edu/wordnet/download/ I am trying to see if I can use it in my app.

it's a bit generic question. Are you thinking to store all words in a database with their meanings? For example I imagine you could have two tables ( at least ), word and meaning, meaning has a FK to word so you could have multiple meanings for the same word.

is this ok as starting point?

You basically should search for an open dictionary (check the license carefully!) you can access through an API or download a set of data to use it offline.

This sites should be helpful for a start:

• Wiktionary
• Open Source Dictionary Downloads