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English noun: shrimp | |||
| 1. | shrimp (person) disparaging terms for small people | ||
| Synonyms | half-pint, peewee, runt | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small person | ||
| 2. | shrimp (food) any of various edible decapod crustaceans | ||
| Synonyms | prawn | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seafood | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | river prawn | ||
| Part meronym | shrimp | ||
| Substance meronym | shrimp cocktail | ||
| 3. | shrimp (animal) small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers; many species are edible | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decapod, decapod crustacean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pistol shrimp, snapping shrimp | ||
| Part holonym | pleopod, prawn, shrimp, swimmeret | ||
| Member meronym | Crangonidae, family Crangonidae | ||
English verb: shrimp | |||
| 1. | shrimp (competition) fish for shrimp | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and shrimp | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fish | ||
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