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TAXI

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Irregular inflected forms: taxies    , taxying   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Synonyms:

cab; hack; taxi; taxicab

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

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

gypsy cab (a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls)

minicab (a minicar used as a taxicab)

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

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

Derivation:

taxi (ride in a taxicab)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel slowly

Example:

The plane taxied down the runway

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence example:

These cars won't taxi

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ride in a taxicab

Synonyms:

cab; taxi

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They taxi down the river

Derivation:

taxi (a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Toward dawn I heard a taxi go up Gatsby's drive and immediately I jumped out of bed and began to dress—I felt that I had something to tell him, something to warn him about and morning would be too late.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"I'll telephone for a taxi to take you home, and while you're waiting you and Jordan better go in the kitchen and have them get you some supper—if you want any." He opened the door. "Come in."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Upstairs, in the solemn echoing drive she let four taxi cabs drive away before she selected a new one, lavender-colored with grey upholstery, and in this we slid out from the mass of the station into the glowing sunshine.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)