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English noun: picket | |||
| 1. | picket (person) a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | ||
| Synonyms | lookout, lookout man, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | security guard, watcher, watchman | ||
| 2. | picket (group) a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | detachment | ||
| 3. | picket (person) a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | demonstrator, protester | ||
| 4. | picket (artifact) a vehicle performing sentinel duty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military vehicle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | picket boat, picket ship | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 5. | picket (artifact) a wooden strip forming part of a fence | ||
| Synonyms | pale | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strip | ||
| Part meronym | paling, picket fence | ||
| 6. | picket (act) a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake | ||
| Synonyms | piquet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | torture, torturing | ||
English verb: picket | |||
| 1. | picket (social) serve as pickets or post pickets | ||
| Samples | Picket a business to protest the layoffs. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | demonstrate, march | ||
| 2. | picket (contact) fasten with a picket | ||
| Samples | Picket the goat. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
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