So I know things are not as clear cut in Chinese as in English, but wouldn't it be useful list if the word can be used as a verb/adjective/adverb/noun...

I agree, it would be useful information to have directly from Skritter, as opposed to having to click to another dictionary for it.

Just needs someone (more the merrier!) to add that info to the definition section for each character I guess.

If this were to be done in an organised manner then there could be a group setup dedicated to this. Each member of the group would "check out" a few characters and defs, add the info, and then check the characters back in and the changes integrated into the system, like Git (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)), as editing directly on the website would take longer as pages have to load for each character, more mouse clicks etc.

Would editing the definitions on a personal basis work? (For those that don't know you can edit the definition on the iOS app by clicking the triangle drop down menu below the definition, and then clicking the blue pen icon-- or on the web version by clicking the definition itself).

It is of course a lot of work involved to add parts of speech, we don't really have a good reference for resolving confusion on the parts. Chinese words for instance often have multiple parts of speech, right?

It would be of great help to add a (n) or (adj), etc. note right before the definitions. 😊

I'm with Jeremy. Just like with definitions - a lot of words have many different meanings using different parts of speech, also serve as measure words, whatever.

Short of recreating an entire detailed dictionary inside Skritter, I happen to think Pleco integration is a great approach.

Each time I come across a new word, I'll jump out to Pleco, check the definitions in a couple different dictionary files, and copy as many example sentences as I can out to Anki. That way Skritter can stay focused on writing, reading, and tones - with just enough info in the definitions as is necessary to do those things.