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HIP
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Irregular inflected forms: hipper , hippest
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hip" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Meronyms (parts of "hip"):
arteria glutes; gluteal artery (branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region)
Holonyms ("hip" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
Synonyms:
articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("hip" is a kind of...):
articulatio spheroidea; ball-and-socket joint; cotyloid joint; enarthrodial joint; enarthrosis; spheroid joint (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)
Meronyms (parts of "hip"):
ischial bone; ischium; os ischii (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)
Holonyms ("hip" is a part of...):
thigh (the part of the leg between the hip and the knee)
hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis (the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
Synonyms:
hip; pelvic arch; pelvic girdle; pelvis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("hip" is a kind of...):
girdle (an encircling or ringlike structure)
Meronyms (parts of "hip"):
articulatio coxae; coxa; hip; hip joint (the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum)
sacrum (wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx)
os pubis; pubic bone; pubis (one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis)
ischial bone; ischium; os ischii (one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium)
ilium (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)
hipbone; innominate bone (large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis)
coccyx; tail bone (the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes)
Holonyms ("hip" is a part of...):
appendicular skeleton (the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The fruit of a rose plant
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hip" is a kind of...):
fruit (the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant)
Holonyms ("hip" is a part of...):
rose; rosebush (any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("hip" is a kind of...):
exterior angle; external angle (the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon)
Domain category:
architecture (the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
Holonyms ("hip" is a part of...):
hip roof; hipped roof (a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Informed about the latest trends
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
informed (having much knowledge or education)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Context examples:
It usually starts in the pelvis (between the hip bones), the shoulder, the ribs, or at the ends of the long bones of the arms and legs.
(Chondrosarcoma, NCI Dictionary)
Desirudin is particularly used to prevent deep vein thrombosis in patients undergoing hip and knee replacement surgery.
(Desirudin, NCI Thesaurus)
Tender points are specific places on the neck, shoulders, back, hips, arms, and legs.
(Fibromyalgia, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
The team found the patterns also differed between rheumatoid arthritis FLS isolated from knees and hips.
(Rheumatoid arthritis mechanisms may vary by joint, NIH)
An opening in the hip bone formed by the public bone and the ischium and closed by the obturator membrane.
(Obturator Foramen, NCI Thesaurus)
Joe shot a hand into his hip pocket and brought it out filled with small change.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It can occur in any joint, but usually it affects your hands, knees, hips or spine.
(Osteoarthritis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
It results in pain in the hip or the back of the leg mimicking disk-related sciatica.
(Piriformis Muscle Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
He was a very large man, with noble shoulders, small waist, broad hips, well-turned legs, and the smallest of hands and feet.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The other reached into the holster at his hip, drew his revolver, and tried to thrust its muzzle between the bull-dog's jaws.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
