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HOOP

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball

Synonyms:

basket; basketball hoop; hoop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

basketball equipment (sports equipment used in playing basketball)

goal (game equipment consisting of the place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling

Example:

there was still a rusty iron hoop for tying a horse

Synonyms:

hoop; ring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))

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

carabiner; karabiner; snap ring (an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes)

collar (a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part)

curtain ring (a circular ring for holding up a curtain)

key ring (a circular ring of metal for holding keys)

napkin ring (a circular band used to hold a particular person's napkin)

nose ring (a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it)

rim (the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached)

rim ((basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended)

tire; tyre (hoop that covers a wheel)

towel ring (a circular hoop for holding a towel)

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

barrel; cask (a cylindrical container that holds liquids)

wagon wheel (a wheel of a wagon)

Derivation:

hoop (bind or fasten with a hoop)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A light curved skeleton to spread out a skirt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

frame; skeletal frame; skeleton; underframe (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape)

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

farthingale (a hoop worn beneath a skirt to extend it horizontally; worn by European women in the 16th and 17th centuries)

pannier (set of small hoops used to add fullness over the hips)

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

crinoline; hoopskirt (a skirt stiffened with hoops)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A small arch used as croquet equipment

Synonyms:

hoop; wicket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

croquet equipment (sports equipment used in playing croquet)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bind or fasten with a hoop

Example:

hoop vats

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

encircle; gird (bind with something round or circular)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

hoop (a rigid circular band of metal or wood or other material used for holding or fastening or hanging or pulling)

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