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English noun: hawk | |||
| 1. | hawk (animal) diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter nisus, blue darter, Buteo buteo, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, buteonine, buzzard, chicken hawk, Cooper's hawk, eyas, falcon, fish eagle, fish hawk, goshawk, harrier, harrier eagle, hen hawk, honey buzzard, kite, osprey, Pandion haliaetus, Pernis apivorus, red-shouldered hawk, red-tailed hawk, redtail, rough-legged hawk, roughleg, sea eagle, short-toed eagle, sparrow hawk, tercel, tercelet, tiercel | ||
| Member meronym | Accipitridae, family Accipitridae | ||
| 2. | hawk (person) an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations | ||
| Synonyms | war hawk | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | militarist, warmonger | ||
| Antonyms | peacenik, dove | ||
| 3. | hawk (artifact) a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar | ||
| Synonyms | mortarboard | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | board | ||
English verb: hawk | |||
| 1. | hawk (possession) sell or offer for sale from place to place | ||
| Synonyms | huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | deal, sell, trade | ||
| 2. | hawk (competition) hunt with hawks | ||
| Samples | The tribes like to hawk in the desert. | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and hawk | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| 3. | hawk (body) clear mucus or food from one's throat | ||
| Samples | He cleared his throat before he started to speak. | ||
| Synonyms | clear the throat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cough | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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