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(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
* 2006 , Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz, [http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse32 Learn Prolog Now!] , section 8.1:
The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
(countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus , especially when young
(uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
(countable, slang) A coward.
(countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair. Compare chickenhawk
(countable, slang) A young or inexperienced person.
* 1887 , Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet , III:
* Jonathan Swift
A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (, the loser.)
The game of dare.
To avoid as a result of fear.
To develop physical or other characteristics resembling a chicken's, for example, bumps on the skin.
As an adjective semantics
is .As a proper noun chicken is
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Noun
(wikipedia semantics) (-)- Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
- In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
- The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
- The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.
Derived terms
* algebraic semantics * axiomatic semantics * computational semantics * denotational semantics * formal semantics * lexical semantics * mathematical semantics * operational semantics * statistical semanticsSee also
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(wikipedia chicken) (Gallus gallus) (Gallus gallus)Noun
- "This case will make a stir, sir," he remarked. "It beats anything I have seen, and I am no chicken ."
- Stella is no chicken .
- Don't play chicken with a freight train; you're guaranteed to lose.