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REBOUND
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)
Holonyms ("rebound" is a part of...):
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
Example:
he is still on the rebound from his wife's death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)
Derivation:
rebound (return to a former condition)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A movement back from an impact
Synonyms:
backlash; rebound; recoil; repercussion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebound"):
bounce; bouncing (rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts))
resilience; resiliency (an occurrence of rebounding or springing back)
carom; ricochet (a glancing rebound)
Derivation:
rebound (spring back; spring away from an impact)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they rebound ... he / she / it rebounds
Past simple: rebounded
-ing form: rebounding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
The stock market rallied
Synonyms:
rally; rebound
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "rebound" is one way to...):
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
The stock market is going to rebound
The business is going to rebound
Derivation:
rebound (a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Spring back; spring away from an impact
Example:
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Synonyms:
bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "rebound" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rebound"):
kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)
bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)
carom (rebound after hitting)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
rebound (a movement back from an impact)