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funk

/ funk /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin'' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967)
Type of:
biochemist
noun Sense 2
a state of nervous depression
"he was in a funk"
Type of:
depression
verb Sense 3
draw back, as with fear or pain
"she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
Type of:
move
Kinds of:
shrink back retract
Derived:
wince flinch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
18
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biochemist depression move shrink back retract