stag
1. a male deer, especially an adult male red deer
• Syn:
hart
• Hypernyms:
red deer, elk, American elk, wapiti, Cervus elaphus
2. adult male deer
• Hypernyms:
buck
• Hyponyms:
royal, royal stag
1. attend a dance or a party without a female companion
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. watch, observe, or inquire secretly
• Syn:
spy, snoop, sleuth
• Derivationally related forms:
sleuthing (for: sleuth), sleuth (for: sleuth), snooper (for: snoop), snoop (for: snoop), spy (for: spy), spying (for: spy)
• Hypernyms:
monitor, supervise
• Entailment:
investigate, inquire, enquire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. give away information about somebody
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
• Syn:
denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat,
grass, shit, shop, snitch
• Derivationally related forms:
snitch (for: snitch), snitcher (for: snitch), shit (for: shit), rat (for: rat), ratter (for: rat), ratting (for: rat), betrayer (for: betray)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
sell out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s PP (for: snitch)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shop)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shit)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: grass)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: rat)
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