English noun: bunt | |||
1. | bunt (act) (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit, hitting, striking | ||
Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
2. | bunt (state) disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores | ||
Synonyms | stinking smut | ||
Broader (hypernym) | smut | ||
3. | bunt (plant) similar to Tilletia caries | ||
Synonyms | stinking smut, Tilletia foetida | ||
Broader (hypernym) | smut, smut fungus | ||
Member meronym | genus Tilletia, Tilletia | ||
4. | bunt (plant) fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores | ||
Synonyms | Tilletia caries | ||
Broader (hypernym) | smut, smut fungus | ||
Member meronym | genus Tilletia, Tilletia | ||
English verb: bunt | |||
1. | bunt (contact) hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance | ||
Synonyms | drag a bunt | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
2. | bunt (contact) to strike, thrust or shove against | ||
Samples | He butted his sister out of the way. The goat butted the hiker with his horns. | ||
Synonyms | butt | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strike | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | headbutt | ||