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HONEYMOON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A holiday taken by a newly married couple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("honeymoon" is a kind of...):
holiday; vacation (leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure)
Derivation:
honeymoon (spend a holiday after one's marriage)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("honeymoon" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they honeymoon ... he / she / it honeymoons
Past simple: honeymooned
Past participle: honeymooned
-ing form: honeymooning
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spend a holiday after one's marriage
Example:
they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "honeymoon" is one way to...):
holiday; vacation (spend or take a vacation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
honeymoon (a holiday taken by a newly married couple)
honeymooner (someone recently married)
Context examples:
"This is a regular honeymoon paradise, isn't it? Did you ever see such roses?" asked Amy, pausing on the terrace to enjoy the view, and a luxurious whiff of perfume that came wandering by.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
