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GOUGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of gouging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

creating by removal (the act of creating by removing something)

Derivation:

gouge (force with the thumb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

And edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

edge tool (any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge))

Derivation:

gouge (make a groove in)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Synonyms:

dent; ding; gouge; nick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

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

dig (a small gouge (as in the cover of a book))

Derivation:

gouge (make a groove in)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Force with the thumb

Example:

gouge out his eyes

Synonyms:

force out; gouge

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

mar; mutilate (destroy or injure severely)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

gouge out (make gouges into a surface)

Derivation:

gouge (the act of gouging)

gouger (an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a groove in

Synonyms:

gouge; rout

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

core out; hollow; hollow out (remove the interior of)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

gouge (and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves)

gouge (an impression in a surface (as made by a blow))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Obtain by coercion or intimidation

Example:

They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him

Synonyms:

extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gouge"):

bleed (get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something from somebody

Derivation:

gouger (a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud)

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