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LION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male
Synonyms:
king of beasts; lion; Panthera leo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lion" is a kind of...):
big cat; cat (any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild)
Meronyms (parts of "lion"):
mane (long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lion"):
lion cub (a young lion)
lioness (a female lion)
lionet (a small or young lion)
Holonyms ("lion" is a member of...):
genus Panthera; Panthera (lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; saber-toothed tigers)
pride (a group of lions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22
Synonyms:
Leo; Leo the Lion; Lion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
house; mansion; planetary house; sign; sign of the zodiac; star sign ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
Synonyms:
Leo; Lion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lion" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Domain category:
astrology; star divination (a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A celebrity who is lionized (much sought after)
Synonyms:
lion; social lion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lion" is a kind of...):
celebrity; famous person (a widely known person)
Derivation:
lionize (assign great social importance to)
Context examples:
You could as easily control a lion, while he would make a mock of you.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
White Fang watched the club after the manner of a caged lion watching the whip of its trainer.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He ceased to speak, and his hand upon the table rested there in perfect repose, with a resolution in it that might have conquered lions.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It is time some one undertook to rehumanise you, said I, parting his thick and long uncut locks; for I see you are being metamorphosed into a lion, or something of that sort.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The Lowchen, also called the Little Lion, has a short head with pendent, feathered ears.
(Low Chen, NCI Thesaurus)
I could have torn him limb from limb, as the lion rends the antelope.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
A genus in the family Caliciviridae containing many species including feline calicivirus (CALICIVIRUS, FELINE), VESICULAR EXANTHEMA OF SWINE VIRUS, and San Miguel sea lion viruses.
(Calicivirus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
They coexist for a few million years, then the hyaenodonts are driven to extinction and we're left with 'The Lion King.'
(Fossil discovery in Tanzania reveals ancient bobcat-sized carnivore, National Science Foundation)
You are a young panther, a lion cub. Well, well, it is you who must pay for that strength.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
And so those two brave-hearted fellows made their way amidst the yelping roughs, like two wounded lions amidst a pack of wolves and jackals.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
