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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