Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) subject, topic, theme (the subject matter of a conversation or discussion) "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love"
S: (n) subject, content, depicted object (something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation) "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject"
S: (n) topic, subject, issue, matter (some situation or event that is thought about) "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
S: (n) subject ((grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated)
S: (n) subject, case, guinea pig (a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation) "the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"; "the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
S: (n) national, subject (a person who owes allegiance to that nation) "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"
S: (n) subject ((logic) the first term of a proposition)
Verb
S: (v) subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to) "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
S: (v) tell on (produce an effect or strain on somebody) "Each step told on his tired legs"
S: (v) redound (have an effect for good or ill) "Her efforts will redound to the general good"
S: (v) stimulate, excite (act as a stimulant) "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
S: (v) process, treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition) "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals"; "treat an oil spill"
S: (v) tinge, color, colour, distort (affect as in thought or feeling) "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
S: (v) hit, strike (affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely) "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight"
S: (v) subject (cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to) "He subjected me to his awful poetry"; "The sergeant subjected the new recruits to many drills"; "People in Chernobyl were subjected to radiation"
S: (v) influence, act upon, work (have and exert influence or effect) "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate"
S: (v) slam-dunk (make a forceful move against) "the electronic travel market is slam-dunking traditional travel agencies"
S: (v) subject (make accountable for) "He did not want to subject himself to the judgments of his superiors"
S: (v) subjugate, subject (make subservient; force to submit or subdue)
Adjective
S: (adj) capable, open, subject (possibly accepting or permitting) "a passage capable of misinterpretation"; "open to interpretation"; "an issue open to question"; "the time is fixed by the director and players and therefore subject to much variation"
S: (adj) subject, dependent (being under the power or sovereignty of another or others) "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince"
S: (adj) subject (likely to be affected by something) "the bond is subject to taxation"; "he is subject to fits of depression"