Peck
nnoun.quantity(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynset:batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
Examples:- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Derivationally Related Form:plenteouswadheappile
Hypernyms:large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:batchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent
Full Hyponyms:floodhaymow
nnoun.quantitya British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallonsPart Holonyms:bushel
Hypernyms:British capacity unit Imperial capacity unit
Inherited Hypernyms:peckbritish capacity unitdry unitvolume unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:peckbritish capacity unitliquid unitvolume unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.quantitya United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inchesPart Holonyms:bushel
Hypernyms:United States dry unit
Inherited Hypernyms:peckunited states dry unitdry unitvolume unitunit of measurementdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Part Meronyms:dry quart quart
vverb.contacthit lightly with a picking motionSynset:beak pick
Derivationally Related Form:peckerbeak
Hypernyms:strike
Inherited Hypernyms:peckstriketouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.consumptioneat by pecking at, like a birdSynset:pick up
Derivationally Related Form:pecker
Hypernyms:eat
Inherited Hypernyms:peckeatconsume
Inherited Hypernyms:peckeateatconsume
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.contactkiss lightlySynset:smack
Derivationally Related Form:smack
Hypernyms:buss kiss osculate snog
Inherited Hypernyms:smacksnogtouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: peck, smack)
vverb.consumptioneat like a birdSynset:peck at pick at
Examples:- The anorexic girl just picks at her food
Hypernyms:eat
Inherited Hypernyms:pick ateatconsume
Inherited Hypernyms:pick ateateatconsume
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something (apply to: peck at, pick at) | They --- more bread (apply to: peck at, pick at)
vverb.communicationbother persistently with trivial complaintsSynset:hen-peck nag
Examples:- She nags her husband all day long
Derivationally Related Form:nagnagger
Hypernyms:complain kick kvetch plain quetch sound off
Inherited Hypernyms:nagcomplain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s