English noun: club | |||
1. | club (group) a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together | ||
Samples | Each club played six home games with teams in its own division. | ||
Synonyms | ball club, baseball club, nine | ||
Broader (hypernym) | baseball team | ||
Member meronym | baseball league | ||
2. | club (group) a formal association of people with similar interests | ||
Samples | He joined a golf club. They formed a small lunch society. Men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today. | ||
Synonyms | gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society | ||
Broader (hypernym) | association | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | athenaeum, atheneum, boat club, bookclub, chapter, chess club, country club, frat, fraternity, glee club, golf club, hunt, hunt club, investors club, jockey club, racket club, rowing club, service club, slate club, sorority, turnverein, yacht club | ||
Member holonym | club member | ||
3. | club (artifact) stout stick that is larger at one end | ||
Samples | He carried a club in self defense. He felt as if he had been hit with a club. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stick | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bat, baton, billy, billy club, billystick, bludgeon, cudgel, Indian club, knobkerrie, knobkerry, lathee, lathi, nightstick, truncheon | ||
4. | club (artifact) a building that is occupied by a social club | ||
Samples | The clubhouse needed a new roof. | ||
Synonyms | clubhouse | ||
Broader (hypernym) | building, edifice | ||
Part holonym | clubroom, reading room | ||
5. | club (artifact) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | ||
Synonyms | golf club, golf-club | ||
Broader (hypernym) | golf equipment | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | iron, wood | ||
Part holonym | club head, club-head, clubhead, golf-club head | ||
6. | club (artifact) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it | ||
Samples | He led a small club. Clubs were trumps. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | playing card | ||
Member meronym | minor suit | ||
7. | club (artifact) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | ||
Samples | Don't expect a good meal at a cabaret. The gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night. He played the drums at a jazz club. | ||
Synonyms | cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot | ||
Broader (hypernym) | spot | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dive, honkytonk, supper club | ||
English verb: club | |||
1. | club (social) unite with a common purpose | ||
Samples | The two men clubbed together. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | unify, unite | ||
2. | club (social) gather and spend time together | ||
Samples | They always club together. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | ||
3. | club (contact) strike with a club or a bludgeon | ||
Examples | The fighter managed to club his opponent | ||
Synonyms | bludgeon | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
4. | club (contact) gather into a club-like mass | ||
Samples | Club hair. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | collect, garner, gather, pull together | ||