HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| NOUN | 1 | rip, rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue | A dissolute man in fashionable society |
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| 2 | rip, rent, snag, split, tear | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
| 3 | rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent | A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | |
| 4 | rip, rent, split | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something | |
| VERB | 1 | rip, rend, rive, pull | Tear or be torn violently |
| 2 | rip | Move precipitously or violently | |
| 3 | rip | Cut (wood) along the grain | |
| 4 | rip | Criticize or abuse strongly and violently |
| Sounds | rih'p |
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| Rhymes | acquaintanceship, airship, airstrip, and 100 more rhymes in ihp... |
| Meaning | A dissolute man in fashionable society. |
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| Synonyms | rake, rakehell, profligate, blood, roue |
| Broader | libertine, debauchee, rounder |
| Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. |
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| Examples | "there was a rip in his pants" |
| Synonyms | rent, snag, split, tear |
| Broader | opening, gap |
| Verbs | rip |
| Meaning | A stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current. |
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| Synonyms | riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent |
| Broader | turbulence, turbulency |
| Meaning | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. |
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| Examples | "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| Synonyms | rent, split |
| Broader | tear |
| Verbs | rip |
| Meaning | Tear or be torn violently. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They rip the sheets |
| Examples | "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" |
| Synonyms | rend, rive, pull |
| Broader | tear, rupture, snap, bust |
| Nouns | rip; rip |
| Meaning | Move precipitously or violently. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The tornado ripped along the coast" |
| Broader | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck |
| Meaning | Cut (wood) along the grain. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | cut |
| Meaning | Criticize or abuse strongly and violently. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "The candidate ripped into his opponent mercilessly" |
| Broader | attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault |
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