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MICHIGAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
Synonyms:
boodle; Chicago; Michigan; Newmarket; stops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("Michigan" is a kind of...):
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
Synonyms:
Great Lakes State; MI; Mich.; Michigan; Wolverine State
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
Meronyms (parts of "Michigan"):
Upper Peninsula (the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan)
Lower Peninsula (the part of Michigan between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron)
Lake Saint Clair; Lake St. Clair (a lake between Ontario and Michigan; connected with Lake Huron and Lake Erie)
Grand River (a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan)
Detroit River (a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world)
Traverse City (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Michigan)
Monroe (a town of southeast Michigan on Lake Erie)
Marquette (a town on Lake Superior on the Upper Peninsula in northwest Michigan)
capital of Michigan; Lansing (capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern Michigan on the Grand River)
Jackson (a town in south central Michigan)
Houghton (a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula)
Grand Rapids (a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture)
Flint (a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing)
Detroit; Motor City; Motown (the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor)
Ann Arbor (a city in southern Michigan near Detroit; site of the University of Michigan)
Alpena (a town in northern Michigan on an arm of Lake Huron)
Isle Royal National Park (a national park on an island in Michigan; includes prehistoric iron mines)
Mackinac Bridge (a suspension bridge across the channel between the lower and upper peninsulas of Michigan)
Holonyms ("Michigan" is a part of...):
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
Synonyms:
Lake Michigan; Michigan
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Holonyms ("Michigan" is a part of...):
Great Lakes (a group of five large, interconnected lakes in central North America)
Context examples:
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do you ever have any prickling feelings in your legs or feet?
(MNSI - Prickling Feelings Legs/Feet, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; right ankle reflexes.
(MNSI - Right Ankle Reflexes, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; appearance of right foot - normal.
(MNSI - Right Foot Appears Normal, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; total score.
(MNSI - Physical Assessment Total Score, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; have you ever had an open sore on your foot?
(MNSI - Open Sore on Foot, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; are your legs and/or feet numb?
(MNSI - Legs and/or Feet Numb, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do your legs hurt when you walk?
(MNSI - Legs Hurt When Walking, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do you get muscle cramps in your legs and/or feet?
(MNSI - Muscle Cramps Legs/Feet, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; are you able to sense your feet when you walk?
(MNSI - Able to Sense Feet When Walking, NCI Thesaurus)
Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) History; do you ever have any burning pain in your legs and/or feet?
(MNSI - Burning Pain Legs/Feet, NCI Thesaurus)
