English noun: verse |
1. | verse (communication) literature in metrical form |
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| Synonyms | poesy, poetry |
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| Broader (hypernym) | genre, literary genre, writing style |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | epic poetry, epos, heroic poetry |
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| Domain category members | alliterate, darkling, dolor, dolour, elegise, elegize, Erin, hush, lyric, lyric, metrify, poetise, poetize, relyric, rhyme, rime, scan, scrivened, sonnet, sonnet, spondaise, spondaize, still, stillness, stilly, sweet, sweetly, tag, verse, versify |
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2. | verse (communication) a piece of poetry |
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| Synonyms | rhyme |
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| Broader (hypernym) | poem, verse form |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clerihew, doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle, limerick |
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3. | verse (communication) a line of metrical text |
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| Synonyms | verse line |
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| Broader (hypernym) | line |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Adonic, Adonic line, decasyllable, hexameter, iambic, octameter, octosyllable, pentameter, tetrameter |
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| Part meronym | poem, verse form |
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English verb: verse |
1. | verse (creation) compose verses or put into verse |
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| Samples | He versified the ancient saga.
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| Synonyms | poetise, poetize, versify |
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | compose, indite, pen, write |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | elegise, elegize, metrify, sonnet, spondaise, spondaize |
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| Domain category | poesy, poetry, verse |
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2. | verse (communication) familiarize through thorough study or experience |
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| Samples | She versed herself in Roman archeology.
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| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something |
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| Broader (hypernym) | acquaint, familiarise, familiarize |
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