WordNet Search - 3.1

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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Verb

S: (v) run down (run_down%2:40:00::), exhaust (exhaust%2:40:00::), play out (play_out%2:40:00::), sap (sap%2:40:00::), tire (tire%2:40:00::) (deplete) "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

verb group
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) consume (consume%2:34:01::), eat up (eat_up%2:34:03::), use up (use_up%2:34:00::), eat (eat%2:34:13::), deplete (deplete%2:34:00::), exhaust (exhaust%2:34:00::), run through (run_through%2:34:00::), wipe out (wipe_out%2:34:00::) (use up (resources or materials)) "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

S: (v) spend (spend%2:40:00::), expend (expend%2:40:00::), drop (drop%2:40:00::) (pay out) "spend money"

S: (v) pay (pay%2:40:00::) (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services) "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please"

S: (v) give (give%2:40:00::) (transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody) "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"

S: (v) transfer (transfer%2:40:00::) (cause to change ownership) "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"

derivationally related form
sentence frame

S: (v) play out (play_out%2:36:00::) (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"

verb group
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
sentence frame

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

S: (v) play out (play_out%2:33:00::) (play to a finish) "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last"
S: (v) play out (play_out%2:30:00::) (become spent or exhausted) "The champion's strength played out fast"

verb group
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (v) change (change%2:30:00::) (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

sentence frame