rook
English Thesaurus
1. common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | corvine bird, |
| definition | : | birds of the crow family (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | corvus, genus corvus, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens (noun.animal) |
2. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | chess piece, chessman, |
| definition | : | any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess (noun.artifact) |
| domain category | : | chess, chess game, |
| definition | : | a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king (noun.act) |
3. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| hypernym | : | cheat, chisel, rip off, |
| definition | : | deprive somebody of something by deceit (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | short, short-change, |
| definition | : | cheat someone by not returning him enough money (verb.social) |
4. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | castle, |
| definition | : | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king (verb.competition) |
5. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
6. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard (noun.artifact)
| derivation | : | castle, |
| definition | : | move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king (verb.competition) |
7. deprive of by deceit (verb.social)
| derivation | : | cozenage, scam, |
| definition | : | a fraudulent business scheme (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, con game, confidence game, confidence trick, flimflam, gyp, hustle, sting, |
| definition | : | a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | cheat, rig, swindle, |
| definition | : | the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act) |
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