vverb.socialoccupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashionSynset:disport divert
Examples:- The play amused the ladies
Derivationally Related Form:amusementamusivediversion
Hypernyms:entertain
Inherited Hypernyms:amuseentertainsocializeinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: amuse, disport, divert) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: amuse)
vverb.communicationmake (somebody) laughExamples:- The clown amused the children
Derivationally Related Form:amusementamusive
Hypernyms:cheer cheer up jolly along jolly up
Inherited Hypernyms:amusecheer
Direct Hyponyms:convulse
Full Troponyms:convulse
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: amuse)