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kite

/ kite /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Type of:
hawk
Kinds of:
black kite Milvus migrans swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus
Has parts:
Accipitridae family Accipitridae
noun Sense 2
plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
Type of:
plaything toy
Kinds of:
box kite sport kite stunt kite
noun Sense 3
a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
Type of:
check bank check cheque
noun Sense 4
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
Type of:
check bank check cheque
verb Sense 5
fly a kite
"Kids were kiting in the park"
"They kited the Red Dragon model"
Type of:
fly
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
soar or fly like a kite
"The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
Type of:
glide
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Domain:
air travel aviation air
verb Sense 7
get credit or money by using a bad check
"The businessman kited millions of dollars"
Type of:
obtain
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
"He kited many checks"
Type of:
increase
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
8
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

hawk black kite Milvus migrans swallow-tailed kite swallow-tailed hawk Elanoides forficatus plaything toy box kite sport kite stunt kite check