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PICKET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake

Synonyms:

picket; piquet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wooden strip forming part of a fence

Synonyms:

pale; picket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

strip (thin piece of wood or metal)

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

paling; picket fence (a fence made of upright pickets)

Derivation:

picket (fasten with a picket)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A vehicle performing sentinel duty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

military vehicle (vehicle used by the armed forces)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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

picket boat (a boat serving as a picket)

picket ship (a ship serving as a picket)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Synonyms:

lookout; lookout man; picket; scout; sentinel; sentry; spotter; watch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

security guard; watcher; watchman (a guard who keeps watch)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

demonstrator; protester (someone who participates in a public display of group feeling)

Derivation:

picket (serve as pickets or post pickets)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fasten with a picket

Example:

picket the goat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

fasten; fix; secure (cause to be firmly attached)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

picket (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Serve as pickets or post pickets

Example:

picket a business to protest the layoffs

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

demonstrate; march (march in protest; take part in a demonstration)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

picket (a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work)

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