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NECK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

Synonyms:

neck; neck opening

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

collar; neckband (a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over)

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

neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)

V neck (the neck of a garment has the shape of the letter V)

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

garment (an article of clothing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form

Example:

the bottle had a wide neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

Example:

the horse won by a neck

Synonyms:

cervix; neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

external body part (any body part visible externally)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

musculus sternocleidomastoideus; sternocleido mastoideus; sternocleidomastoid; sternocleidomastoid muscle (one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head)

cervical vertebra; neck bone (one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region)

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

nape; nucha; scruff (the back side of the neck)

trachea; windpipe (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

jugular; jugular vein; vena jugularis (veins in the neck that return blood from the head)

areteria cervicalis; cervical artery (an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck)

arteria carotis; carotid artery (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)

thymus; thymus gland (a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age)

dewlap (a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck)

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

bull neck (a thick short powerful neck)

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

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Sense 4

Meaning:

A cut of meat from the neck of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

scrag; scrag end (the lean end of a neck of veal)

scrag (lean end of the neck)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A narrow elongated projecting strip of land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

Example:

The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

Synonyms:

make out; neck

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

pet (stroke or caress gently)

Verb group:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "neck"):

smooch; spoon (snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

necker (a lover who necks)

necking (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))

Credits

 Context examples: 

I felt the mattress-like growth of beard on my neck, knew that the sleeve of my coat was ripped, that a button was missing from the throat of the blue shirt I wore.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

This was riveted to a collar and strapped about the dog's neck.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

There is no pathologic M0 for mucosal melanoma of the head and neck.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A gland in males that surrounds the neck of the BLADDER and the URETHRA.

(Murine Prostate, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

At first I attempted to prevent her but she persisted, and entering the room where it lay, hastily examined the neck of the victim, and clasping her hands exclaimed, ‘O God!

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Clinical TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of mucosal melanoma of the head and neck, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Mucosal Melanoma of the Head and Neck Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Its usual location is on the head, neck and extremities.

(Merkel cell carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in head and neck and squamous cell carcinomas.

(MIR98 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)