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English noun: shuffle | |||
| 1. | shuffle (act) the act of mixing cards haphazardly | ||
| Synonyms | make, shuffling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reordering | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reshuffle, reshuffling, riffle | ||
| Part meronym | card game, cards | ||
| 2. | shuffle (act) walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet | ||
| Samples | From his shambling I assumed he was very old. | ||
| Synonyms | shamble, shambling, shuffling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk, walking | ||
English verb: shuffle | |||
| 1. | shuffle (motion) walk by dragging one's feet | ||
| Samples | He shuffled out of the room. We heard his feet shuffling down the hall. | ||
| Examples | The children shuffle to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | scuffle, shamble | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drag, scuff | ||
| 2. | shuffle (motion) move about, move back and forth | ||
| Samples | He shuffled his funds among different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the IRS. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shift, transfer | ||
| 3. | shuffle (contact) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | ||
| Samples | Shuffle the cards. | ||
| Synonyms | mix, ruffle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | manipulate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cut, reshuffle, riffle | ||
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