English noun: shrimp | |||
1. | shrimp (person) disparaging terms for small people | ||
Synonyms | half-pint, peewee, runt | ||
Broader (hypernym) | small person | ||
2. | shrimp (food) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | ||
Synonyms | prawn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | seafood | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | river prawn | ||
Part meronym | shrimp | ||
Substance meronym | shrimp cocktail | ||
3. | shrimp (animal) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decapod, decapod crustacean | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp | ||
Part holonym | pleopod, prawn, shrimp, swimmeret | ||
Member meronym | Crangonidae, family Crangonidae | ||
English verb: shrimp | |||
1. | shrimp (competition) fish for shrimp | ||
Examples | In the summer they like to go out and shrimp | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fish | ||