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GIN

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Irregular inflected forms: gan    , ginned    , ginning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points

Synonyms:

gin; gin rummy; knock rummy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

rum; rummy (a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers

Synonyms:

cotton gin; gin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)

Derivation:

gin (separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose

Synonyms:

gin; noose; snare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

trap (a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned)

Meronyms (parts of "gin"):

slipknot (a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made)

Derivation:

gin (trap with a snare)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Strong liquor flavored with juniper berries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

booze; hard drink; hard liquor; John Barleycorn; liquor; spirits; strong drink (an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented)

Meronyms (substance of "gin"):

juniper berries (berrylike cone of a common juniper; used in making gin)

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

bathtub gin (homemade gin especially that made illegally)

sloe gin (gin flavored with sloes (fruit of the blackthorn))

geneva; Holland gin; Hollands (gin made in the Netherlands)

Holonyms ("gin" is a substance of...):

gin and tonic (gin and quinine water)

martini (a cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth)

gin and it (a cocktail made of gin and sweet vermouth)

pink lady (a cocktail made of gin and brandy with lemon juice and grenadine shaken with an egg white and ice)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trap with a snare

Example:

gin game

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

ensnare; entrap; snare; trammel; trap (catch in or as if in a trap)

Domain category:

hunt; hunting (the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gin (a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gin (a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers)

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 Context examples: 

As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand, to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

At Hand Cross we caught a glimpse of the old landlord, hurrying out with his gin and his gingerbread; but the dip of the ground was downwards now, and away we flew as fast as eight gallant hoofs could take us.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a reluctant backward glance the well-disciplined child held to her nurse's hand and was pulled out the door, just as Tom came back, preceding four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from another.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)