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GROUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("grouse" is a kind of...):
game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)
Meronyms (parts of "grouse"):
grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grouse"):
black grouse (grouse of which the male is bluish-black)
ptarmigan (large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage)
capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus (large black Old World grouse)
Canachites canadensis; spruce grouse (North American grouse that feeds on evergreen buds and needles)
Centrocercus urophasianus; sage grouse; sage hen (large grouse of sagebrush regions of North America)
Bonasa umbellus; partridge; ruffed grouse (valued as a game bird in eastern United States and Canada)
Pedioecetes phasianellus; sharp-tailed grouse; sprig tail; sprigtail (large grouse of prairies and open forests of western North America)
prairie chicken; prairie fowl; prairie grouse (brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies)
Holonyms ("grouse" is a member of...):
family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)
covey (a small flock of grouse or partridge)
Derivation:
grouse (hunt grouse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("grouse" is a kind of...):
wildfowl (flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food)
Domain category:
game bird (any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport)
Holonyms ("grouse" is a part of...):
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
Derivation:
grouse (hunt grouse)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they grouse ... he / she / it grouses
Past simple: groused
-ing form: grousing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
What was he hollering about?
Synonyms:
beef; bellyache; bitch; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "grouse" is one way to...):
complain; kick; kvetch; plain; quetch; sound off (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "grouse" is one way to...):
fowl (hunt fowl in the forest)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
In the summer they like to go out and grouse
Derivation:
grouse (popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet)
grouse (flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil)