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RUFF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
Synonyms:
ruff; trumping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ruff" is a kind of...):
play; turn ((game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Holonyms ("ruff" is a part of...):
bridge (any of various card games based on whist for four players)
Derivation:
ruff (play a trump)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
Synonyms:
Philomachus pugnax; ruff
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ruff" is a kind of...):
sandpiper (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruff"):
reeve (female ruff)
Holonyms ("ruff" is a member of...):
genus Philomachus; Philomachus (ruffs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A high tight collar
Synonyms:
choker; neck ruff; ruff; ruffle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ruff" is a kind of...):
collar; neckband (a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ruff"):
fraise (a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
Synonyms:
frill; ruff
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ruff" is a kind of...):
external body part (any body part visible externally)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ruff ... he / she / it ruffs
Past simple: ruffed
Past participle: ruffed
-ing form: ruffing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play a trump
Synonyms:
ruff; trump
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "ruff" is one way to...):
go; move (have a turn; make one's move in a game)
Domain category:
card game; cards (a game played with playing cards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ruff"):
overtrump (play a trump higher than (one previously played) to the trick)
crossruff (trump alternately in two hands)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
ruff ((card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit)
