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STRIKE OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set out on a course of action
Example:
He struck out on his own
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strike out" is one way to...):
begin; commence; get; get down; set about; set out; start; start out (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove from a list
Example:
Cross the name of the dead person off the list
Synonyms:
cross off; cross out; mark; strike off; strike out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "strike out" is one way to...):
take away; take out (take out or remove)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to get out
Example:
the runner was put out at third base
Synonyms:
retire; strike out
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Cause:
ease up; give; give way; move over; yield (move in order to make room for someone for something)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
strikeout (an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Put out or be put out by a strikeout
Example:
Oral struck out three batters to close the inning
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strike out" is one way to...):
fail; neglect (fail to do something; leave something undone)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strike out"):
fan (strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher))
whiff (strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 5
Meaning:
Make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "strike out" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strike out"):
kick (thrash about or strike out with the feet)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
Meaning:
Be unsuccessful in an endeavor
Example:
The candidate struck out with his health care plan
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "strike out" is one way to...):
fail; go wrong; miscarry (be unsuccessful)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
