Word Sense Definition Examples

... other Examples of Word Sense Definitions.

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• “game”: (activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : PLAY.), see (Wittgenstein, 1953).

• for ~ “morning star”
• for ~ “evening star”

• for ~ “word recognition”
  • 1). “the process or faculty whereby a reader perceives and correctly understands words."
  • 2( “The identification of a word that has been previously seen.”

• for ~ “blow up”
  • “the destruction with the use of explosives.”
  • “the enlargement, especially of photographs.”.
  • “the act of inserting of air, such as for balloons.”.
  • “a sudden expression of anger, typically triggered by frustration.”.
  • “act of advertising something as bigger than it is, particularly in product advertising.”.
  • “a sudden turn of inclement weather that includes wind.”.

• • for ~ “bank”
  • …
  • "A small enclosed receptacle for money. Chiefly in piggy bank S.V. PIGGY noun"
  • "A reserve of something (e.g. blood, data) stored for future use; a place holding this."
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• for ~ “wolf”
  • (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)
  • (A large wild canid (member of the dog family), closely related to, and at times consanguineous to the domestic dog, which is considered a subspecies of the wolf)
  • (a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women)
  • A man who makes amorous advances on many women.
  • (a cruelly rapacious person)
  • (the Wolf) The constellation Lupus.
  • (Austrian composer (1860-1903))
  • (German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824))
  • ~"run" of the baseball type: as in “She scored three [runs] yesterday”.
    • "A point scored in baseball and cricket."
    • "A person playing a baseball game and touching all four bases safely on three separate occasions."
    • "A point scored during a game of cricket by the batsmen each running to the other's wicket; an equivalent point awarded for some other reason."
    • "A point scored during a game of baseval (etc.) by the batter returning to the plate after touching the other bases; an equivalent point awarded for some other reason."

• for ~ “word-sign”
  • “a thing, especially a graphic charters, represents a complete word.”
• "Any of the various usually small South American characin fishes (genus /Serrasalmo) having very sharp teeth.".

• Interjections.
  • “Enough!” ("used to tell somebody firmly to stop doing something (informal) (stop that!)").
  • "Enough is enough!" ("used by a speaker to indicate that he or she will tolerate no more of something").

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