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English noun: sonnet

1. sonnet (communication) a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme


Broader (hypernym)poem, verse form


Narrower (hyponym)Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet, Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet, Spenserian sonnet


English verb: sonnet

1. sonnet (creation) praise in a sonnet


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)praise


Domain categorypoesy, poetry, verse

2. sonnet (creation) compose a sonnet


Pattern of useSomebody ----s


Broader (hypernym)poetise, poetize, verse, versify


Domain categorypoesy, poetry, verse









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