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STAG

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adult male deer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

buck (mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope))

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

royal; royal stag (stag with antlers of 12 or more branches)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A male deer, especially an adult male red deer

Synonyms:

hart; stag

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti (common deer of temperate Europe and Asia)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Watch, observe, or inquire secretly

Synonyms:

sleuth; snoop; spy; stag

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

monitor; supervise (keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance)

"Stag" entails doing...:

enquire; inquire; investigate (conduct an inquiry or investigation of)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Give away information about somebody

Example:

He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam

Synonyms:

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

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

sell someone out (give information that compromises others)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Attend a dance or a party without a female companion

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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