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English noun: Hoover | |||
| 1. | Hoover (person) United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932) | ||
| Synonyms | William Henry Hoover, William Hoover | ||
| Instance hypernym | industrialist | ||
| 2. | Hoover (person) United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972) | ||
| Synonyms | J. Edgar Hoover, John Edgar Hoover | ||
| Instance hypernym | attorney, lawyer | ||
| 3. | Hoover (person) 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964) | ||
| Synonyms | Herbert Clark Hoover, Herbert Hoover, President Hoover | ||
| Instance hypernym | Chief Executive, President, President of the United States, United States President | ||
| 4. | Hoover (artifact) a kind of vacuum cleaner | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | vacuum, vacuum cleaner | ||
| Domain usage | trademark | ||
English verb: hoover | |||
| 1. | hoover (contact) clean with a vacuum cleaner | ||
| Samples | Vacuum the carpets. | ||
| Synonyms | vacuum, vacuum-clean | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clean, make clean | ||
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