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English noun: grouse | |||
| 1. | grouse (food) flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wildfowl | ||
| Part meronym | grouse | ||
| Domain category | game bird | ||
| 2. | grouse (animal) popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | game bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | black grouse, Bonasa umbellus, Canachites canadensis, capercaillie, capercailzie, Centrocercus urophasianus, horse of the wood, partridge, Pedioecetes phasianellus, prairie chicken, prairie fowl, prairie grouse, ptarmigan, ruffed grouse, sage grouse, sage hen, sharp-tailed grouse, sprig tail, sprigtail, spruce grouse, Tetrao urogallus | ||
| Part holonym | grouse | ||
| Member meronym | covey, family Tetraonidae, Tetraonidae | ||
English verb: grouse | |||
| 1. | grouse (competition) hunt grouse | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and grouse | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fowl | ||
| 2. | grouse (communication) complain | ||
| Samples | What was he hollering about?. | ||
| Synonyms | beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, holler, squawk | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
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