WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S:
(v)
provoke
,
evoke
,
call forth
,
kick up
(evoke or provoke to appear or occur)
"Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
S:
(v)
raise
,
conjure
,
conjure up
,
invoke
,
evoke
,
stir
,
call down
,
arouse
,
bring up
,
put forward
,
call forth
(summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic)
"raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"