transforms emails from Dictionary.com to table formatted entries

mail_git.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import re
newEntry = False
words = []
defs = []
definition = []
with open("dict.email", 'r') as f:
    for line in f:
        if re.search(re.escape("\\"), line):
            words.append(re.sub(
                (re.escape("\\")+".*"+re.escape("\\")),
                "",
                line.strip("\\n")))
            newEntry = True
        elif re.search("[0-9]\. ", line):
            definition.append(line.strip("\\n")) 
        elif re.search("^noun$", line):
            definition.append(line) 
        elif re.search("^verb$", line):
            definition.append(line.strip("\\n")) 
        elif re.search("Quotes", line):
            newEntry = False
            defs.append("".join(definition))
            definition = []

dat = zip(words, defs)

import csv

with open("Dictionary_output.txt", 'w') as f:
    writer = csv.writer(f, delimiter='\t')
    writer.writerows(dat)