http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/



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this site justifies the existence of princeton. go to 'use word net online' and type in a word. then witness the power of something better than any thesaurus heretofore.

like a dictionary, it gives you a meaning (although a brief one -- it's not meant to be used as a dictionary). like other thesaurii, it gives you synonyms and antonyms. unlike other thesaurri, it gives you hypernyms! hyponyms! meronyms! and holonyms! (if you don't know what those mean, look them up). and it tells you how often that word is used, too. this will make zfrt's word system much easier to build.

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turtle

senses
[noun sense] 1. turtle -- (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)
[verb sense] 1. capsize, turtle, turn turtle -- (overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!")
[verb sense] 2. turtle -- (hunt for turtles, especially as an occupation)

hypernyms
turtle -- (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)
      => chelonian, chelonian reptile -- (a reptile of the order Chelonia)
          => anapsid, anapsid reptile -- (primitive reptile having no opening in the temporal region of the skull; all extinct except turtles)
              => reptile, reptilian -- (any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms)
                  => vertebrate, craniate -- (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium)
                      => chordate -- (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column)
                          => animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)
                              => organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
                                  => living thing, animate thing -- (a living (or once living) entity)
                                      => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")
                                          => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

hyponyms
turtle -- (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)
      => sea turtle, marine turtle -- (any of various large turtles with limbs modified into flippers; widely distributed in warm seas)
          => green turtle, Chelonia mydas -- (large tropical turtle with greenish flesh used for turtle soup)
          => loggerhead, loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta -- (very large carnivorous sea turtle; wide ranging in warm open seas)
          => ridley -- (a marine turtle)
              => Atlantic ridley, bastard ridley, bastard turtle, Lepidochelys kempii -- (gray sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America)
              => Pacific ridley, olive ridley, Lepidochelys olivacea -- (olive-colored sea turtle of tropical Pacific and Indian and the southern Atlantic oceans)
          => hawksbill turtle, hawksbill, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata -- (pugnacious tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and the best tortoiseshell)
          => leatherback turtle, leatherback, leathery turtle, Dermochelys coriacea -- (wide ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle)
      => snapping turtle -- (large aggressive freshwater turtle with powerful jaws)
          => common snapping turtle, snapper, Chelydra serpentina -- (large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or near water; prone to bite)
          => alligator snapping turtle, alligator snapper, Macroclemys temmincki -- (large species having three ridges on its back; found in southeastern United States)
      => mud turtle -- (bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America)
          => musk turtle, stinkpot -- (small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor)
      => terrapin -- (any of various edible North American web-footed turtles living in fresh or brackish water)
          => diamondback terrapin, Malaclemys centrata -- (of marshes along Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States)
      => red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle, redbelly, Pseudemys rubriventris -- (freshwater turtle of Chesapeake bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell)
      => slider, yellow-bellied terrapin, Pseudemys scripta -- (freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets)
      => cooter, river cooter, Pseudemys concinna -- (large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico)
      => box turtle, box tortoise -- (chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly)
          => Western box turtle, Terrapene ornata -- (primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico)
      => painted turtle, painted terrapin, painted tortoise, Chrysemys picta -- (freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States)
      => tortoise -- (usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid area except Australia and Antarctica)
          => European tortoise, Testudo graeca -- (small land tortoise of southern Europe)
          => giant tortoise -- (very large tortoises of the Galapagos and Seychelles islands)
          => gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, gopher, Gopherus polypemus -- (burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America)
          => desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii -- (burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates)
          => Texas tortoise -- (close relative to the desert tortoise; may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates)
      => soft-shelled turtle, pancake turtle -- (voracious aquatic turtle with a flat flexible shell covered by a leathery skin; can inflict painful bites)
          => spiny softshell, Trionyx spiniferus -- (river turtle of western United States with a warty shell; prefers quiet water)
          => smooth softshell, Trionyx muticus -- (river turtle of Mississippi basin; prefers running water)

meronyms
turtle -- (any of various aquatic and land reptiles having a bony shell and flipper-like limbs for swimming)
          HAS PART: carapace, shell, cuticle -- (hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles)
          HAS PART: plastron -- ((zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside)

familiarity
"turtle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count = 1)"

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ziggurat

senses
[noun] 1. ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat -- (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)

hypernyms
ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat -- (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)
      => temple -- (an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes)
          => building, edifice -- (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice")
              => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
                  => artifact, artefact -- (a man-made object taken as a whole)
                      => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")
                          => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
                      => whole, whole thing, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")
                          => object, physical object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects")
                              => entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

hyponyms
ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat -- (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)
      => Tower of Babel, Babel -- ((Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another)

meronyms
ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurat -- (a rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians)
    => temple -- (an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes)
          HAS PART: column, pillar -- ((architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure)
              HAS PART: capital, chapiter, cap -- (the upper part of a column that supports the entablature)
              HAS PART: pedestal, plinth, footstall -- (an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue))
                  HAS PART: dado -- (the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase)
              HAS PART: shaft, scape -- ((architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column)
              HAS PART: entasis -- (a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight)
          HAS PART: entablature -- ((architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof)
              HAS PART: architrave -- (the lowest part of an entablature; rests immediately on the capitals of the columns)
              HAS PART: attic -- ((architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof)
              HAS PART: cornice -- (the topmost projecting part of an entablature)
              HAS PART: frieze -- (an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice)
        => building, edifice -- (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice")
              HAS PART: annex, annexe, extension, wing -- (an addition that extends a main building)
              HAS PART: anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule -- (a large entrance or reception room or area)
              HAS PART: corner, quoin -- ((architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone)
              HAS PART: corner, nook -- (an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room")
              HAS PART: cornerstone -- (a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls)
              HAS PART: cornerstone -- (a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies)
              HAS PART: court, courtyard -- (a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court")
              HAS PART: cullis -- (a gutter in a roof)
              HAS PART: elevator, lift -- (lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building)
                  HAS PART: car, elevator car -- (where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor")
              HAS PART: exterior door, outside door -- (a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building)
                  HAS PART: doorknob, doorhandle -- (a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain))
                  HAS PART: doorlock -- (a lock on an exterior door)
                  HAS PART: hinge, flexible joint -- (a joint that holds two parts together so that one can swing relative to the other)
                      HAS PART: pintle -- (a pin or bolt forming the pivot of a hinge)
                  HAS PART: paneling, panelling, pane -- (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)
              HAS PART: floor, level, storey, story -- (structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?")
              HAS PART: foundation stone -- (a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building)
              HAS PART: heating system, heating plant, heating, heat -- (utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating")
                  HAS PART: boiler, steam boiler -- (sealed vessel where water is converted to steam)
                      HAS PART: steam whistle -- (a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam; usually attached to a steam boiler)
                  HAS PART: radiator -- (heater consisting of a series of pipes for circulating steam or hot water to heat rooms or buildings)
              HAS PART: interior door -- (a door that closes off rooms within a building)
              HAS PART: roof -- (a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building)
                  HAS PART: eaves -- (the overhang at the lower edge of a roof)
                  HAS PART: roof peak -- (the highest point of a roof)
              HAS PART: room -- (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view")
                  HAS PART: ceiling -- (the overhead upper surface of a room; "he hated painting the ceiling")
                  HAS PART: floor, flooring -- (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors")
                  HAS PART: room light -- (light that provides general illumination for a room)
                  HAS PART: wall -- (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures")
                      HAS PART: arch, archway -- (a passageway under an arch)
                      HAS PART: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher -- (a stone that forms the top of wall or building)
                      HAS PART: course, row -- ((construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks")
                      HAS PART: doorway, door, room access, threshold -- (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway")
                          HAS PART: casing, case -- (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced")
                          HAS PART: door -- (a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left")
                              HAS PART: lock -- (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
                                  HAS PART: bolt, deadbolt -- (the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key)
                                  HAS PART: keyhole -- (the hole where a key is inserted)
                                  HAS PART: tumbler -- (a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown)
                          HAS PART: doorframe, doorcase -- (the frame that supports a door)
                              HAS PART: doorjamb, doorpost -- (a jamb for a door)
                          HAS PART: doorsill, doorstep, threshold -- (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway)
                      HAS PART: header, coping, cope -- (brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall)
                      HAS PART: paneling, panelling, pane -- (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)
                      HAS PART: pier -- ((architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows))
                      HAS PART: wainscot, dado -- (panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest)
                      HAS PART: wall panel -- (paneling that forms part of a wall)
              HAS PART: scantling, stud -- (an upright in house framing)
              HAS PART: shaft -- (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))
              HAS PART: skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe -- (the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape; "the building has a steel skeleton")
              HAS PART: stairway, staircase, stairs, steps -- (a way of access consisting of a set of steps)
                  HAS PART: landing -- (an intermediate platform in a staircase)
                  HAS PART: stairhead -- (platform at the top of a staircase)
                  HAS PART: step, stair -- (support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step")
                      HAS PART: riser -- (structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step)
                      HAS PART: tread -- (structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step)
              HAS PART: wall -- (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures")
                  HAS PART: arch, archway -- (a passageway under an arch)
                  HAS PART: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher -- (a stone that forms the top of wall or building)
                  HAS PART: course, row -- ((construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks")
                  HAS PART: doorway, door, room access, threshold -- (the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close; "he stuck his head in the doorway")
                      HAS PART: casing, case -- (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced")
                      HAS PART: door -- (a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle; "he knocked on the door"; "he slammed the door as he left")
                          HAS PART: lock -- (a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed)
                              HAS PART: bolt, deadbolt -- (the part of a lock that is engaged or withdrawn with a key)
                              HAS PART: keyhole -- (the hole where a key is inserted)
                              HAS PART: tumbler -- (a movable obstruction in a lock that must be adjusted to a given position (as by a key) before the bolt can be thrown)
                      HAS PART: doorframe, doorcase -- (the frame that supports a door)
                          HAS PART: doorjamb, doorpost -- (a jamb for a door)
                      HAS PART: doorsill, doorstep, threshold -- (the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offer support when passing through a doorway)
                  HAS PART: header, coping, cope -- (brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall)
                  HAS PART: paneling, panelling, pane -- (a panel or section of panels in a wall or door)
                  HAS PART: pier -- ((architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows))
                  HAS PART: wainscot, dado -- (panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest)
                  HAS PART: wall panel -- (paneling that forms part of a wall)
              HAS PART: window -- (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)
                  HAS PART: casing, case -- (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced")
                  HAS PART: mullion -- (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))
                  HAS PART: pane, pane of glass, window glass -- (sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors)
                  HAS PART: sash, window sash -- (a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame)
                  HAS PART: sash fastener, sash lock, window lock -- (a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position)
                  HAS PART: window frame -- (the framework that supports a window)
                      HAS PART: jamb -- (upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame)
                      HAS PART: windowsill -- (the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame)
                  HAS PART: windowpane, window -- (a pane in a window; "the ball shattered the window")
              HAS PART: crawlspace, crawl space -- (low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing)
            => structure, construction -- (a thing constructed; a complex construction or entity; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons")
                  HAS PART: foundation, base, fundament, foot, groundwork, substructure, understructure -- (lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower")
                  HAS PART: plate -- (structural member consisting of a horizontal beam that provides bearing and anchorage)
                  HAS PART: structural member -- (support that is a constituent part of any structure or building)
                    => whole, whole thing, unit -- (an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit")
                          HAS PART: part, portion -- (something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together")
                          HAS PART: section, segment -- (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object; "a section of a fishing rod"; "metal sections were used below ground"; "finished the final segment of the road")

familiarity
ziggurat used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count = 1)

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red

senses
[noun senses]
1. red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
2. Red, Red River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana)
3. Bolshevik, Marxist, pinko, red, bolshie -- (emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries)
4. loss, red ink, red -- (the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year")
[adjective senses]
1. red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet -- (having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
2. crimson, red, violent -- (characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode)
3. crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed -- ((especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment")
4. red -- (red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears)

coordinate terms
red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
    -> chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)
      => red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
      => orange, orangeness -- (any of a range of colors between red and yellow)
      => yellow, yellowness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)
      => green, greenness, viridity -- (the property of being green; resembling the color of growing grass)
      => blue, blueness -- (the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue")
      => purple, purpleness, empurpled -- (a chromatic color between red and blue)
      => pink -- (a light shade of red)
      => brown, brownness -- (an orange of low brightness and saturation)
      => olive -- (a yellow-green color of low brightness and saturation)
      => pastel -- (any of various pale or light colors)
      => complementary color, complementary -- (either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or gray (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries")

hypernyms
red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
      => chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)
          => color, colour, coloring, colouring -- (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light")
              => visual property -- (an attribute of vision)
                  => property -- (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class; "a study of the physical properties of atomic particles")
                      => attribute -- (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
                          => abstraction -- (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

hyponyms
red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
      => chrome red -- (a red pigment used in paints; basic lead chromate)
      => Turkey red, alizarine red -- (a bright orange-red color produced in cotton cloth with alizarine dye)
      => cardinal, carmine -- (a variable color averaging a vivid red)
      => crimson, ruby, deep red -- (a deep and vivid red)
      => dark red -- (a red that reflects little light)
          => burgundy -- (a dark purplish red to blackish red)
          => claret -- (a dark purplish red)
          => oxblood red -- (a dark brownish red)
          => wine, wine-colored -- (a red as dark as red wine)
      => purplish red -- (a red with a tinge of purple)
          => fuchsia, magenta -- (a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta)
          => maroon -- (a dark purplish red to dark brownish red)
      => cerise, cherry, cherry red -- (a red the color of ripe cherries)
      => scarlet, vermilion, orange red -- (a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge)

meronyms
red, redness -- (the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
    => chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)
          HAS SUBSTANCE: saturation, chroma, intensity, vividness -- (chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vividness of hue)

familiarity
red used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count = 4)