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BUNT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bunt" is a kind of...):
hit; hitting; striking (the act of contacting one thing with another)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Derivation:
bunt (hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Synonyms:
bunt; Tilletia caries
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bunt" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Holonyms ("bunt" is a member of...):
genus Tilletia; Tilletia (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Similar to Tilletia caries
Synonyms:
bunt; stinking smut; Tilletia foetida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("bunt" is a kind of...):
smut; smut fungus (any fungus of the order Ustilaginales)
Holonyms ("bunt" is a member of...):
genus Tilletia; Tilletia (a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
Synonyms:
bunt; stinking smut
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("bunt" is a kind of...):
smut (destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To strike, thrust or shove against
Example:
The goat butted the hiker with his horns
Synonyms:
bunt; butt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bunt" is one way to...):
strike (deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bunt"):
headbutt (butt with the head)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
Synonyms:
bunt; drag a bunt
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bunt" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
bunt ((baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat)
bunter (a batter who bunts)
