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English *noun*: bug
1.	bug (animal) general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate
		Broader (hypernym)	insect

2.	bug (state) a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine
		Synonyms	glitch
		Broader (hypernym)	defect, fault, flaw

3.	bug (artifact) a small hidden microphone; for listening secretly
		Broader (hypernym)	microphone, mike

4.	bug (animal) insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis
		Synonyms	hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect
		Broader (hypernym)	insect
		Narrower (hyponym)	backswimmer, bed bug, bedbug, chinch, Cimex lectularius, coreid, coreid bug, leaf bug, lygaeid, lygaeid bug, Notonecta undulata, plant bug, true bug
		Member meronym	Hemiptera, order Hemiptera

5.	bug (animal) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
		Synonyms	germ, microbe
		Broader (hypernym)	micro-organism, microorganism

English *verb*: bug
1.	bug (emotion) annoy persistently
		Samples	The children teased the boy because of his stammer.
		Examples	They bug him to write the letter
		Synonyms	badger, beleaguer, pester, tease
		Pattern of use	Somebody ----s somebody
		Broader (hypernym)	bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment

2.	bug (perception) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information
		Samples	The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy. Is this hotel room bugged?.
		Examples	They want to bug the prisoners
		Synonyms	intercept, tap, wiretap
		Pattern of use	Somebody ----s something
		Broader (hypernym)	eavesdrop, listen in

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