nnoun.actthe business of a butcherSynset:butchery
Derivationally Related Form:butcher
Hypernyms:business business enterprise commercial enterprise
Inherited Hypernyms:butcherycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:butcherycommercial enterprisecommercetransactiongroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:slaughter
vverb.contactkill (animals) usually for food consumptionSynset:butcher slaughter
Examples:- They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter
Derivationally Related Form:butcherbutcheryslaughterslaughterer
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:butcherkill
Direct Hyponyms:chine
Entailment:cut
Full Troponyms:chine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: butcher)