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CROCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An earthen jar (made of baked clay)

Synonyms:

crock; earthenware jar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

jar (a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles)

Derivation:

crock (soil with or as with crock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Nonsense; foolish talk

Example:

that's a crock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

Synonyms:

carbon black; crock; lampblack; smut; soot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

atomic number 6; C; carbon (an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Soil with or as with crock

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

begrime; bemire; colly; dirty; grime; soil (make soiled, filthy, or dirty)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

crock (an earthen jar (made of baked clay))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

bleed; run (be diffused)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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