Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
"he came all the way around on Williams'' hit"
verb
Sense 2
"Panic struck me"
"An interesting idea hit her"
"A thought came to me"
"The thought struck terror in our minds"
"They were struck with fear"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s on something
verb
Sense 3
"he hit his fist on the table"
"she struck her head on the low ceiling"
Kinds of:
smash
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 4
"hit a ball"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something
verb
Sense 5
"He hit her hard in the face"
Type of:
touch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
verb
Sense 6
"The car hit a tree"
"He struck the table with his elbow"
Opposites:
miss
Type of:
touch
Verb group:
strike
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 7
"We were hit by really bad weather"
"He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"
"The earthquake struck at midnight"
Verb group:
strike
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 8
"hit the bottle"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 9
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun
Sense 10
"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
noun
Sense 11
"that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"
"that new Broadway show is a real smasher"
"the party went with a bang"
Type of:
success
verb
Sense 12
"He tries to hit on women in bars"
Type of:
approach
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun
Sense 13
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"
"after three misses she finally got a hit"
noun
Sense 15
"WordNet gets many hits from users worldwide"
verb
Sense 16
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
Type of:
come by
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 17
"The thermometer hit 100 degrees"
"This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour"
Derived:
attainment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 18
"The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"
"We must strike the enemy''s oil fields"
"in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to"
Derived:
strike
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 19
"The pianist strikes a middle C"
"strike `z'' on the keyboard"
"her comments struck a sour note"
Type of:
touch
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun
Sense 20
"the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"
verb
Sense 21
"The home team scored many times"
"He hit a home run"
"He hit .300 in the past season"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 22
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 23
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
Type of:
kill
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 24
"We hit Detroit by noon"
"The water reached the doorstep"
"We barely made it to the finish line"
"I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
Derived:
attainment
Verb group:
make
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
24
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
166
Times Searched
3
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