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OUTING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journey taken for pleasure
Example:
after cautious sashays into the field
Synonyms:
excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("outing" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outing"):
airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)
field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("outing" is a kind of...):
holiday; vacation (leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure)
