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PRINT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A printed picture produced from a photographic negative

Synonyms:

photographic print; print

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)

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

cutout (a photograph from which the background has been cut away)

proof (a trial photographic print from a negative)

Derivation:

print (make into a print)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A picture or design printed from an engraving

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

graphic art (the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking)

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

serigraph; silk screen print; silkscreen (a print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil)

overprint; surprint (something added by overprinting)

monotype (the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate)

mezzotint (print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to represent light or shade)

lithograph (a print produced by lithography)

linocut (a print that is made from a design carved in relief into a block of linoleum)

gravure; heliogravure; photogravure (an intaglio print produced by gravure)

engraving (a print made from an engraving)

copperplate (a print made from an engraved copperplate)

contact print (a print made by exposing a photosensitive surface to direct contact with a photographic negative)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

copy (a thing made to be similar or identical to another thing)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Availability in printed form

Example:

his book is no longer in print

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

accessibility; availability; availableness; handiness (the quality of being at hand when needed)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

Example:

I want to see it in print

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))

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

fine print; small print (material printed in small type)

Derivation:

print (put into print)

print (reproduce by printing)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A visible indication made on a surface

Example:

paw prints were everywhere

Synonyms:

mark; print

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

indicant; indication (something that serves to indicate or suggest)

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

line (in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area)

line (a mark that is long relative to its width)

hoof-mark; hoof mark; hoofprint (a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal)

stroke (a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush)

mintmark (a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced)

trace (a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle)

footmark; footprint; step (a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface)

fingerprint (a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put into print

Example:

These news should not be printed

Synonyms:

print; publish

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

create; make; produce (create or manufacture a man-made product)

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

republish (publish again)

gazette (publish in a gazette)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

They won't print the story

Derivation:

print (the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication)

printer (a machine that prints)

printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)

printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

printing (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Write as if with print; not cursive

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

write (mark or trace on a surface)

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

misprint (print incorrectly)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

Reproduce by printing

Synonyms:

impress; print

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

write (mark or trace on a surface)

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

italicise; italicize (print in italics)

boldface (print in boldface)

cyclostyle (print with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil)

overprint; print over (print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted paper)

offset (produce by offset printing)

prove (take a trial impression of)

set; typeset (set in type)

letter (set down or print with letters)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

print (the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication)

printer (a machine that prints)

printer ((computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing)

printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

printing (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Make into a print

Example:

print the negative

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

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

lithograph (make by lithography)

silkscreen (print by silkscreen)

stencil (mark or print with a stencil)

engrave; etch (carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block)

etch (make an etching of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

print (a printed picture produced from a photographic negative)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The group next used 3-D printing to create a device that could capture and remove melittin from a solution.

(3-D gel-nanoparticle device detoxifies blood, NIH)

That it did not see print was a matter of small moment with him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This substance is used in printing inks, paints and to color vinyl, rubber and paper.

(Lead Chromate, NCI Thesaurus)

This young man has left prints upon the stair-carpet which made it quite superfluous for me to ask to see those which he had made in the room.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He'd got an old newspaper with him, and some other account in print of the storm.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The snows descended on my head, and I saw the print of his huge step on the white plain.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"I should so like to see it printed soon," was all Beth said, and smiled in saying it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Within was a large room with faded red curtains, a sanded floor, and walls which were covered with prints of pugilists and race-horses.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But I leave it to you that nothing of all this appears in print.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Aye, by St. Paul!” observed Sir Nigel, “they both bear the print of their armor upon their cotes-hardies. Methinks they are men who breathe freer in a camp than a court.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)