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SAMBA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

basket rummy; canasta; meld (a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A lively ballroom dance from Brazil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)

Derivation:

samba (dance the samba)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Music composed for dancing the samba

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

dance music (music to dance to)

Derivation:

samba (dance the samba)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

Synonyms:

arere; obeche; obechi; samba; Triplochiton scleroxcylon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("samba" is a member of...):

genus Triplochiton; Triplochiton (small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dance the samba

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue samba

Derivation:

samba (a lively ballroom dance from Brazil)

samba (music composed for dancing the samba)

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