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WHORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Synonyms:
bawd; cocotte; cyprian; fancy woman; harlot; lady of pleasure; prostitute; sporting lady; tart; whore; woman of the street; working girl
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("whore" is a kind of...):
adult female; woman (an adult female person (as opposed to a man))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "whore"):
call girl (a female prostitute who can be hired by telephone)
camp follower (a prostitute who provides service to military personnel)
comfort woman; ianfu (a woman forced into prostitution for Japanese servicemen during World War II)
demimondaine (a female prostitute)
floozie; floozy; hooker; hustler; slattern; street girl; streetwalker (a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets)
white slave (a woman sold into prostitution)
Derivation:
whore (have unlawful sex with a whore)
whore (work as a prostitute)
whoredom (offering sexual intercourse for pay)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Compromise oneself for money or other gains
Example:
She whored herself to Hollywood
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "whore" is one way to...):
compromise (make a compromise; arrive at a compromise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have unlawful sex with a whore
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "whore" is one way to...):
fornicate (have sex without being married)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
whore (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Work as a prostitute
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "whore" is one way to...):
work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
whore (a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money)
