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ROSIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

Synonyms:

resin; rosin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

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

East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino (reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc)

natural resin (a plant exudate)

synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

Derivation:

rosin (rub rosin onto)

 II. (verb) 

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Meaning:

Rub rosin onto

Example:

rosin the violin bow

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

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

rub (move over something with pressure)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

rosin (any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules)

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