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FOAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("foal" is a kind of...):
young mammal (any immature mammal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "foal"):
filly (a young female horse under the age of four)
colt (a young male horse under the age of four)
Holonyms ("foal" is a member of...):
Equus caballus; horse (solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times)
Derivation:
foal (give birth to a foal)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they foal
... he / she / it foals
Past simple: foaled
-ing form: foaling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
the mare foaled
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "foal" is one way to...):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
foal (a young horse)
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