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WAIN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large open farm wagon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Synonyms:

Big Dipper; Charles's Wain; Dipper; Plough; Wagon; Wain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

asterism ((astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation))

Holonyms ("Wain" is a part of...):

Great Bear; Ursa Major (a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star)

Sense 3

Meaning:

English writer (1925-1994)

Synonyms:

John Barrington Wain; John Wain; Wain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

author; writer (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay))

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