tag
1. a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
ticket
• Hypernyms:
label
• Hyponyms:
dog tag, name tag, price tag
2. a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word
• Hypernyms:
label
3. a small piece of cloth or paper
• Syn:
rag, shred, tag end, tatter
• Derivationally related forms:
shred (for: shred)
• Hypernyms:
piece of cloth, piece of material
• Hyponyms:
pine-tar rag
4. a game in which one child chases the others;
the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
• Hypernyms:
child's game
5. (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
touch, touching
1. attach a tag or label to (Freq. 3)
- label these bottles
• Syn:
label, mark
• See Also:
mark down (for: mark), mark up (for: mark)
• Derivationally related forms:
marking (for: mark), label (for: label)
• Hypernyms:
attach
• Hyponyms:
brand, trademark, brandmark, point, calibrate,
code, badge
• Verb Group:
mark
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something with something
2. touch a player while he is holding the ball (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Hyponyms:
nab
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. provide with a name or nickname (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
name, call
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. go after with the intent to catch
- The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
- the dog chased the rabbit
• Syn:
chase, chase after, trail, tail, give chase,
dog, go after, track
• See Also:
tag along, chase away (for: chase)
• Derivationally related forms:
track (for: track), tracker (for: track), tracking (for: track), tail (for: tail), tailing (for: tail), trailing (for: trail), chaser (for: chase), chase (for: chase)
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow
• Hyponyms:
tree, quest, hound, hunt, trace, run down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
5. supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
• Topics:
poetry, poesy, verse
• Hypernyms:
rhyme, rime
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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