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REBOUND

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)

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

basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration

Example:

he is still on the rebound from his wife's death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)

Derivation:

rebound (return to a former condition)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A movement back from an impact

Synonyms:

backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)

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

bounce; bouncing (rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts))

resilience; resiliency (an occurrence of rebounding or springing back)

carom; ricochet (a glancing rebound)

Derivation:

rebound (spring back; spring away from an impact)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Return to a former condition

Example:

The stock market rallied

Synonyms:

rally; rebound

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence examples:

The stock market is going to rebound

The business is going to rebound

Derivation:

rebound (a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spring back; spring away from an impact

Example:

These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Synonyms:

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

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

kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)

bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)

carom (rebound after hitting)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

rebound (a movement back from an impact)

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