Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
S: (n) red herring, smoked herring (a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color)
S: (n) preliminary prospectus, red herring (a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus) "because some portions of the cover page are printed in red ink a preliminary prospectus is sometimes called a red herring"