nnoun.animalany of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scalesDerivationally Related Form:shark
Hypernyms:elasmobranch selachian
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkelasmobranchcartilaginous fishfishaquatic vertebratevertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Alopius vulpinusCarcharias taurusGinglymostoma cirratumHexanchus griseusOdontaspis taurusOrectolobus barbatusRhincodon typusSquatina squatinaangel sharkangelfishcarpet sharkcat sharkcow sharkdogfishfox sharkhammerheadhammerhead sharkmackerel sharkmonkfishnurse sharkrequiem sharksand sharksand tigersix-gilled sharkthrasherthresherthresher sharkwhale shark
Full Hyponyms:american smooth dogfishangel sharkatlantic spiny dogfishbasking sharkblacktip sharkblue sharkbonito sharkbull sharkcarpet sharkcat sharkcow sharkdogfishdusky sharkflorida smoothhoundgreat white sharkhammerheadlemon sharklongfin makomackerel sharkmakonurse sharkpacific spiny dogfishporbeaglerequiem sharksand tigersandbar sharkshortfin makoshovelheadsmalleye hammerheadsmooth dogfishsmooth hammerheadsmoothhoundsoupfin sharkspiny dogfishthreshertiger sharkwhale sharkwhitetip shark
nnoun.persona person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonestHypernyms:offender wrongdoer
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:loan sharkmoneylendershylockusurer
nnoun.persona person who is unusually skilled in certain waysHypernyms:expert
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkexpertpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkexpertpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.socialplay the shark; act with trickeryHypernyms:cheat chisel
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkcheatdeceivevictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
vverb.competitionhunt sharkDerivationally Related Form:shark
Hypernyms:fish
Inherited Hypernyms:sharkfishcatchseizetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | In the summer they like to go out and --- (apply to: shark)