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shakedown
Overview of noun shakedown
The noun shakedown has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shakedown -- (initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown")
2. shakedown -- (a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs")
3. shakedown -- (extortion of money (as by blackmail))
Overview of adj shakedown
The adj shakedown has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. shakedown -- (intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shakedown
3 senses of shakedown
Sense 1
shakedown
=> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
=> improvement, betterment, advance
=> transformation, transmutation, shift
=> change, alteration, modification
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
shakedown
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
shakedown
=> extortion
=> felony
=> crime, law-breaking
=> transgression, evildoing
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun shakedown
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shakedown
3 senses of shakedown
Sense 1
shakedown
=> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
Sense 2
shakedown
=> search, hunt, hunting
Sense 3
shakedown
=> extortion
Antonyms of noun shakedown
Member Holonyms of noun shakedown
Substance Holonyms of noun shakedown
Part Holonyms of noun shakedown
Member Meronyms of noun shakedown
Substance Meronyms of noun shakedown
Part Meronyms of noun shakedown
Meronyms of noun shakedown
Holonyms of noun shakedown
Attributes of noun shakedown
Derived Forms of noun shakedown
Domain of noun shakedown
2 of 3 senses of shakedown
Sense 2
shakedown
USAGE>(noun) slang#2, cant#3, jargon#1, lingo#1, argot#1, patois#1, vernacular#1
Sense 3
shakedown
USAGE>(noun) slang#2, cant#3, jargon#1, lingo#1, argot#1, patois#1, vernacular#1
Domain Terms of noun shakedown
Familiarity of noun shakedown
shakedown used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun shakedown
3 senses of shakedown
Sense 1
shakedown
> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
=> shakedown
Sense 2
shakedown
> search, hunt, hunting
=> exploration
=> foraging, forage
=> frisk, frisking
=> looking, looking for
=> manhunt
=> quest, seeking
=> ransacking, rummage
=> scouring
=> shakedown
Sense 3
shakedown
> extortion
=> blackmail
=> protection, tribute
=> shakedown
Meronyms of noun shakedown
3 senses of shakedown
Holonyms of noun shakedown
Grep of noun shakedown
shakedown
Antonyms of adj shakedown
Similarity of adj shakedown
1 sense of shakedown
Sense 1
shakedown
Pertains to noun shakedown (Sense 1)
=>shakedown
=> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
Pertainyms of adj shakedown
1 sense of shakedown
Sense 1
shakedown
Pertains to noun shakedown (Sense 1)
=>shakedown
=> adjustment, accommodation, fitting
Attributes of adj shakedown
Domain of adj shakedown
Domain Terms of adj shakedown
Familiarity of adj shakedown
shakedown used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj shakedown
shakedown
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