Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol) "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
S: (v) exemplify, represent (be characteristic of) "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
S: (v) typify, epitomize, epitomise (embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of) "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition"
S: (v) mean, intend (mean or intend to express or convey) "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?"
S: (v) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol) "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
S: (v) signify (convey or express a meaning) "These words mean nothing to me!"; "What does his strange behavior signify?"
S: (v) spell, import (indicate or signify) "I'm afraid this spells trouble!"
S: (v) aim (direct (a remark) toward an intended goal) "She wanted to aim a pun"
S: (v) drive, get, aim (move into a desired direction of discourse) "What are you driving at?"
S: (v) symbolize, symbolise (represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols) "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"