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SCRAG

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Irregular inflected forms: scragged    , scragging   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lean end of a neck of veal

Synonyms:

scrag; scrag end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cut of veal (cut of meat from a calf)

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

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

Derivation:

scrag (wring the neck of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lean end of the neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cut of mutton (cut of meat from a mature sheep)

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

neck (a cut of meat from the neck of an animal)

Derivation:

scrag (wring the neck of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who is unusually thin and scrawny

Synonyms:

scrag; skin and bones; thin person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

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

spindlelegs; spindleshanks (a thin person with long thin legs)

Derivation:

scraggy (being very thin)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wring the neck of

Example:

The man choked his opponent

Synonyms:

choke; scrag

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

scrag (the lean end of a neck of veal)

scrag (lean end of the neck)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strangle with an iron collar

Example:

people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

strangle; strangulate; throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence example:

They want to scrag the prisoners

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