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GROUSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)

Meronyms (parts of "grouse"):

grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)

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

black grouse (grouse of which the male is bluish-black)

ptarmigan (large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage)

capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus (large black Old World grouse)

Canachites canadensis; spruce grouse (North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles)

Centrocercus urophasianus; sage grouse; sage hen (large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America)

Bonasa umbellus; partridge; ruffed grouse (valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada)

Pedioecetes phasianellus; sharp-tailed grouse; sprig tail; sprigtail (large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America)

prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)

Holonyms ("grouse" is a member of...):

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

covey (a small flock of grouse or partridge)

Derivation:

grouse (hunt grouse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

wildfowl (flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food)

Domain category:

game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)

Holonyms ("grouse" is a part of...):

grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

Derivation:

grouse (hunt grouse)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Complain

Example:

What was he hollering about?

Synonyms:

beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hunt grouse

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

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

fowl (hunt fowl in the forest)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

In the summer they like to go out and grouse

Derivation:

grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)

grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)

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