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KITE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("kite" is a kind of...):
hawk (diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kite"):
black kite; Milvus migrans (dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion)
Elanoides forficatus; swallow-tailed hawk; swallow-tailed kite (graceful North American black-and-white kite)
Elanus leucurus; white-tailed kite (grey-and-white American kite of warm and tropical regions)
Holonyms ("kite" is a member of...):
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("kite" is a kind of...):
plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)
Meronyms (parts of "kite"):
kite tail (a bob on a kite to provide balance)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kite"):
box kite (a kite shaped like a box open at both ends)
sport kite; stunt kite (a maneuverable kite controlled by two lines and flown with both hands)
Derivation:
kite (fly a kite)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("kite" is a kind of...):
bank check; check; cheque (a written order directing a bank to pay money)
Derivation:
kite (get credit or money by using a bad check)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("kite" is a kind of...):
bank check; check; cheque (a written order directing a bank to pay money)
Derivation:
kite (increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they kite ... he / she / it kites
Past simple: kited
Past participle: kited
-ing form: kiting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fly a kite
Example:
They kited the Red Dragon model
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "kite" is one way to...):
fly (cause to fly or float)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
kite (plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Soar or fly like a kite
Example:
The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "kite" is one way to...):
glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)
Domain category:
air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Get credit or money by using a bad check
Example:
The businessman kited millions of dollars
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "kite" is one way to...):
obtain (come into possession of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
kite (a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
Example:
He kited many checks
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "kite" is one way to...):
increase (make bigger or more)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
kite (a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value)
Context examples:
Boys go nutting, and I don't care to be bagged by them, returned Jo, pasting away at the kite which no wind that blows would ever carry up, for Daisy had tied herself on as a bob.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mr. Dick and I soon became the best of friends, and very often, when his day's work was done, went out together to fly the great kite.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I parted from him, poor fellow, at the corner of the street, with his great kite at his back, a very monument of human misery.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
If he likes to fly a kite sometimes, what of that!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“What do you think of that for a kite?” he said.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mr. Dick leaning thoughtfully on a great kite, such as we had often been out together to fly, with more luggage piled about him!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Among my boys, this summer holiday time, I see an old man making giant kites, and gazing at them in the air, with a delight for which there are no words.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was quite an affecting sight, I used to think, to see him with the kite when it was up a great height in the air.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Franklin used to fly a kite.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I was going away, when he directed my attention to the kite.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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