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JUNKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A trip taken by an official at public expense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

trip (a journey for some purpose (usually including the return))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A journey taken for pleasure

Example:

after cautious sashays into the field

Synonyms:

excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)

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

airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)

field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)

Derivation:

junket (go on a pleasure trip)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

afters; dessert; sweet (a dish served as the last course of a meal)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Partake in a feast or banquet

Synonyms:

banquet; feast; junket

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

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

eat (eat a meal; take a meal)

Verb group:

banquet; feast; junket (provide a feast or banquet for)

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

wine and dine (eat sumptuously)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Provide a feast or banquet for

Synonyms:

banquet; feast; junket

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

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

host (be the host of or for)

Verb group:

banquet; feast; junket (partake in a feast or banquet)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Go on a pleasure trip

Synonyms:

junket; junketeer

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

jaunt; travel; trip (make a trip for pleasure)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

junket (a journey taken for pleasure)

junketing (taking an excursion for pleasure)

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