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sporting
Overview of verb sport
The verb sport has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) sport, feature, boast -- (wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner; "she was sporting a new hat")
2. frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about -- (play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom")
Overview of adj sporting
The adj sporting has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (5) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike -- (exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct")
2. (3) sporting -- (relating to or used in sports; "sporting events"; "sporting equipment")
3. (1) sporting -- (involving risk or willingness to take a risk; "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood")
4. dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting -- (preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies")
Grep of noun sporting
sporting chance
sporting dog
sporting goods
sporting house
sporting lady
sporting life
sporting man
Antonyms of verb sport
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sport
2 senses of sport
Sense 1
sport, feature, boast
=> have, feature
Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
=> play
=> act
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sport
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sport
2 senses of sport
Sense 1
sport, feature, boast
=> have, feature
Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
=> play
'Cause To' of verb sport
Derived Forms of verb sport
1 of 2 senses of sport
Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
RELATED TO>(noun) sport#1
=> sport, athletics
Domain of verb sport
Domain Terms of verb sport
Familiarity of verb sport
sport used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb sport
2 senses of sport
Sense 1
sport, feature, boast
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb sport
2 senses of sport
Sense 1
sport, feature, boast
> have, feature
=> wear
=> wear, bear
=> carry
=> carry
=> bear
=> give off
=> unite, combine
=> star
=> sport, feature, boast
=> possess
=> abound, burst, bristle
=> brim
=> carry, pack, take
=> read, say
=> wear
=> carry
Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
> play
=> roughhouse
=> horse around, arse around, fool around, fool
=> frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
=> dabble, paddle, splash around
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sport
Sense 1
sport, feature, boast
=> have, feature
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Sense 2
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about
=> play
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Grep of verb sport
disport
sport
sportscast
transport
Antonyms of adj sporting
3 of 4 senses of sporting
Sense 1
clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
INDIRECT (VIA fair) -> unfair, unjust
Sense 3
sporting
INDIRECT (VIA adventurous) -> unadventurous
Sense 4
dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting
INDIRECT (VIA indulgent) -> nonindulgent, strict
Similarity of adj sporting
4 senses of sporting
Sense 1
clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
=> fair (vs. unfair), just
Sense 2
sporting
Pertains to noun sport (Sense 1)
=>sport, athletics
=> diversion, recreation
Sense 3
sporting
=> adventurous (vs. unadventurous), adventuresome
Sense 4
dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting
=> indulgent (vs. nonindulgent)
Pertainyms of adj sporting
1 of 4 senses of sporting
Sense 2
sporting
Pertains to noun sport (Sense 1)
=>sport, athletics
=> diversion, recreation
Attributes of adj sporting
Domain of adj sporting
Domain Terms of adj sporting
Familiarity of adj sporting
sporting used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Grep of adj sporting
sporting
unsporting
Grep of adv sporting
sportingly
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