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CLARET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dark purplish-red color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

dark red (a red color that reflects little light)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine

Synonyms:

claret; red Bordeaux

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

red wine (wine having a red color derived from skins of dark-colored grapes)

Bordeaux; Bordeaux wine (any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux, France or wines resembling them)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "claret"):

Saint Emilion (full-bodied red wine from around the town of Saint Emilion in Bordeaux)

Derivation:

claret (drink claret)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Drink claret

Example:

They were clareting until well past midnight

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

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

booze; drink; fuddle; hit the bottle (consume alcohol)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

claret (dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine)

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