nnoun.communicationa print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigationsDerivationally Related Form:fingerprint
Hypernyms:biometric authentication biometric identification identity verification mark print
Inherited Hypernyms:fingerprintbiometric identificationidentificationevidenceindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:fingerprintmarkindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:loopthumbprint
Full Hyponyms:loopthumbprint
nnoun.communicationa generic term for any identifying characteristicExamples:- that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it
Hypernyms:identification
Inherited Hypernyms:fingerprintidentificationevidenceindicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.attributea smudge made by a (dirty) fingerSynset:fingermark
Derivationally Related Form:fingerprint
Hypernyms:blot daub slur smear smirch smudge spot
Inherited Hypernyms:fingermarksmudgeblemishappearancequalityattributeabstractionentity
vverb.creationtake an impression of a person's fingerprintsDerivationally Related Form:fingerprintfingerprinting
Hypernyms:reproduce
Inherited Hypernyms:fingerprintreproduceproduce
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: fingerprint)