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STAMPEDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A headlong rush of people on a common impulse

Example:

when he shouted 'fire' there was a stampede to the exits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Derivation:

stampede (run away in a stampede)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)

Derivation:

stampede (cause to run in panic)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Run away in a stampede

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

flee; fly; take flight (run away quickly)

"Stampede" entails doing...:

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Sentence frames:

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Somebody ----s something
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Derivation:

stampede (a headlong rush of people on a common impulse)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to run in panic

Example:

Thunderbolts can stampede animals

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Cause:

stampede (run away in a stampede)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

stampede (a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse

Example:

Companies will now stampede to release their latest software

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

Example:

The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Cause:

stampede (act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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