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BRAILLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("braille" is a kind of...):

point system (a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch)

Derivation:

braille (transcribe in braille)

Sense 2

Meaning:

French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)

Synonyms:

Braille; Louis Braille

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

educator; pedagog; pedagogue (someone who educates young people)

Derivation:

braille (transcribe in braille)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transcribe in braille

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "braille" is one way to...):

transcribe; transliterate (rewrite in a different script)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

braille (a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals)

Braille (French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852))

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