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POCK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pustule in an eruptive disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("pock" is a kind of...):
pustule (a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus)
Holonyms ("pock" is a part of...):
smallpox; variola; variola major (a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever and weakness and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs that slough off leaving scars)
Derivation:
pock (mark with a scar)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mark with a scar
Example:
The skin disease scarred his face permanently
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "pock" is one way to...):
blemish; deface; disfigure (mar or spoil the appearance of)
"Pock" entails doing...:
incise (make an incision into by carving or cutting)
Verb group:
mark; nock; score (make small marks into the surface of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pock"):
pockmark (mark with or as if with pockmarks)
cicatrise; cicatrize (form a scar, after an injury)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
pock (a pustule in an eruptive disease)
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