WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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half*, climate, weather, arctic, cyclone, storm, woman, meteorology>, prognostication
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barb, blastoff, changeable, chatoyant, crack, dead reckoning, dig, gibe, guess, guessing, guesswork, injection, iridescent, jibe, nip, pellet, scene, shaft, shooter, shooting, shot, slam, snap, snapshot, stab, stroke,
1. NOUN. (shot)
the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
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2. NOUN. (shot)
the act of firing a projectile
"his shooting was slow but accurate"
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3. NOUN. (shot)
(sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
"it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"
"a good shot require good balance and tempo"
"he left me an almost impossible shot"
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break, carom, cannon, masse, masse shot, miscue, cut, undercut, swipe, tennis stroke, tennis shot, baseball swing, swing, cut, golf stroke, golf shot, swing,
4. NOUN. (shot)
the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
"the nurse gave him a flu shot"
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5. NOUN. (shot)
informal words for any attempt or effort
"he gave it his best shot"
"he took a stab at forecasting"
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6. NOUN. (shot)
an attempt to score in a game
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7. NOUN. (shot)
a blow hard enough to cause injury
"he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"
"I caught him with a solid shot to the chin"
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blow,
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8. NOUN. (shot)
a solid missile discharged from a firearm
"the shot buzzed past his ear"
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9. NOUN. (shot)
an explosive charge used in blasting
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10. NOUN. (shot)
sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
"he trained at putting the shot"
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11. NOUN. (shot)
an informal photograph
usually made with a small hand-held camera
"my snapshots haven''t been developed yet"
"he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"
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12. NOUN. (shot)
an estimate based on little or no information
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guess, venture, pretend, hazard, think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess, guess, venture, pretend, hazard,
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13. NOUN. (shot)
a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
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movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick,
