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COACH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport

Example:

he always rode the bus to work

Synonyms:

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coach" is a kind of...):

public transport (conveyance for passengers or mail or freight)

Meronyms (parts of "coach"):

roof (protective covering on top of a motor vehicle)

window (a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened)

Domain member category:

passenger; rider (a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coach"):

minibus (a light bus (4 to 10 passengers))

school bus (a bus used to transport children to or from school)

trackless trolley; trolley coach; trolleybus (a passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires)

Holonyms ("coach" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A carriage pulled by four horses with one driver

Synonyms:

coach; coach-and-four; four-in-hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coach" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Meronyms (parts of "coach"):

box; box seat (the driver's seat on a coach)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coach"):

stage; stagecoach (a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns)

Derivation:

coach (drive a coach)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A railcar where passengers ride

Synonyms:

carriage; coach; passenger car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("coach" is a kind of...):

car; railcar; railroad car; railway car (a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coach"):

smoker; smoking car; smoking carriage; smoking compartment (a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke)

sleeper; sleeping car; wagon-lit (a passenger car that has berths for sleeping)

Pullman; Pullman car (luxurious passenger car; for day or night travel)

chair car; drawing-room car; palace car; parlor car; parlour car (a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs)

nonsmoker; nonsmoking car (a passenger car for passengers who want to avoid tobacco smoke)

buffet car; diner; dining car; dining compartment (a passenger car where food is served in transit)

Holonyms ("coach" is a member of...):

passenger train (a train that carries passengers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.)

Synonyms:

coach; private instructor; tutor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("coach" is a kind of...):

instructor; teacher (a person whose occupation is teaching)

Domain category:

singing; vocalizing (the act of singing vocal music)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coach"):

crammer (a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team

Synonyms:

coach; handler; manager

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("coach" is a kind of...):

trainer (one who trains other persons or animals)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coach"):

baseball coach; baseball manager (a coach of baseball players)

basketball coach (a coach of basketball players)

conditioner (a trainer of athletes)

football coach (a coach of football players)

hockey coach (a coach of hockey players)

tennis coach (a coach of tennis players)

Instance hyponyms:

John Joseph McGraw; John McGraw; McGraw (United States baseball player and manager (1873-1934))

Derivation:

coach (teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

Example:

She is coaching the crew

Synonyms:

coach; train

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "coach" is one way to...):

instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)

Verb group:

train (exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE

Derivation:

coach ((sports) someone in charge of training an athlete or a team)

coaching (the job of a professional coach)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Drive a coach

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "coach" is one way to...):

drive (operate or control a vehicle)

Domain category:

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

coach (a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver)

Credits

 Context examples: 

He took the way over the misty moors in the direction of Whitcross—there he would meet the coach.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They may easily get her from Portsmouth to town by the coach, under the care of any creditable person that may chance to be going.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

They have brought the whole coach full of playthings for the children.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

He came down by yesterday's coach, and was with me this morning immediately after breakfast, to report his proceedings, first on my affairs, and then on his own.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A method of birth coaching in assisting the mother by her partner, to relieve her distress during labor and delivery by applying relaxation techniques and encouraging abdominal breathing.

(Birth Partner Coached Method of Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)

This was felt to be a considerable amendment; and though they all met at the Great House at rather an early breakfast hour, and set off very punctually, it was so much past noon before the two carriages, Mr Musgrove's coach containing the four ladies, and Charles's curricle, in which he drove Captain Wentworth, were descending the long hill into Lyme, and entering upon the still steeper street of the town itself, that it was very evident they would not have more than time for looking about them, before the light and warmth of the day were gone.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It was as good as Punch, for there were fat dowagers rolling about in their red and yellow coaches, with gorgeous Jeameses in silk stockings and velvet coats, up behind, and powdered coachmen in front.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

In this case, a collaborator or partner will be helpful to you—a financial advisor, a headhunter, coach, agent, mentor, or another middleman who can help your perspective and offer advice and make introductions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The excitement of the passengers grew greater; the crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“We shall go by the stage-coach. It's about six miles.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)