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English noun: whore | |||
| 1. | whore (person) a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money | ||
| Synonyms | bawd, cocotte, cyprian, fancy woman, harlot, lady of pleasure, prostitute, sporting lady, tart, woman of the street, working girl | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | adult female, woman | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | call girl, camp follower, comfort woman, demimondaine, floozie, floozy, hooker, hustler, ianfu, slattern, street girl, streetwalker, white slave | ||
English verb: whore | |||
| 1. | whore (social) work as a prostitute | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | work | ||
| 2. | whore (contact) have unlawful sex with a whore | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fornicate | ||
| 3. | whore (communication) compromise oneself for money or other gains | ||
| Samples | She whored herself to Hollywood. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compromise | ||
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