Analysis Complete

picket

/ picket /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
Type of:
strip
Has parts:
picket fence paling
noun Sense 2
a vehicle performing sentinel duty
Type of:
military vehicle
Kinds of:
picket boat picket ship
Domain:
military armed forces armed services
noun Sense 3
a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
Type of:
detachment
noun Sense 4
a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work
Type of:
demonstrator protester
verb Sense 5
fasten with a picket
"picket the goat"
Type of:
fasten fix secure
Derived:
pale
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
serve as pickets or post pickets
"picket a business to protest the lay-offs"
Type of:
demonstrate march
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 7
a person employed to watch for something to happen
Type of:
watchman watcher security guard
Derived:
descry spot espy spy watch
Semantic Complexity
68%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
23
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

strip military vehicle picket boat picket ship detachment demonstrator protester fasten fix secure demonstrate march