HTML shortcut to use Google define using selected word

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HTML shortcut to use Google define using selected word

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I've been playing around with the idea to create a shortcut I can place on a shortcut toolbar (in Chrome, but in any browser for that matter), that when clicked will add the word "define:" in the address bar and then I can type the word after it - which will then activate Google's define search and provide definitions on the word in question. I have achieved this by simply editing a search for 'define'... (The shortcut looks like this: https://www.google.co.za/search?q=define:).

The real question now is: Is it possible is to be able to add the selected word from the current webpage after the word 'define:' so it searches the definition of the selected word using Google's define search. I don't want to type the word in after clicking the shortcut. It is similar to Google's context menu when you right click a word. Sometimes it defines it, other times not. It will always define if the word 'define:' is added to the search.
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Is there any way to create this shortcut? How would I structure up the HTML code to place in the shortcuts action command?
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Re: HTML shortcut to use Google define using selected word

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You can download free add-ons/extensions for IE, Firefox and Chrome that let you look up the definition of a word: Access The Free Dictionary from Anywhere, section Right-Click Browser Add-on.
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Re: HTML shortcut to use Google define using selected word

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Add-on for FreeDictionary works great. TX.
Add-on's eh! I could have thought of that!
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