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WARBLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

Example:

The Austrians were yodeling in the mountains

Synonyms:

descant; warble; yodel

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The birds warble in the woods

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

Synonyms:

quaver; trill; warble

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

sing (produce tones with the voice)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They will warble the duet

Derivation:

warbler (a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song)

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