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HOCK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

Synonyms:

hock; hock-joint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

articulatio; articulation; joint ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Holonyms ("hock" is a part of...):

hoofed mammal; ungulate (any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically)

hind leg (the back limb of a quadruped)

Derivation:

hock (leave as a guarantee in return for money)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)

Synonyms:

hock; Rhenish; Rhine wine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

white wine (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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

Riesling (fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California)

liebfraumilch (a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany))

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disable by cutting the hock

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

disable; handicap; incapacitate; invalid (injure permanently)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Leave as a guarantee in return for money

Example:

pawn your grandfather's gold watch

Synonyms:

hock; pawn; soak

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

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

charge; consign (give over to another for care or safekeeping)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hock (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)

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