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dial


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  dial 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  dial 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  dial 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  dial 
 
  2  senses  of  dial 
 
  Sense  1 
  dial 
  =>  operate,  control 
 
  Sense  2 
  dial 
  =>  choose  take  select,  pick  out 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  dial 
 
  dial  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  dial 
 
  Sense  1 
  dial 
  =>  operate,  control 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  dial 
  =>  choose  take  select,  pick  out 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  dial 
  clock  dial 
  cordial 
  dial 
  dial  phone 
  dial  telephone 
  dialect 
  dialect  atlas 
  dialect  geography 
  dialectic 
  dialectical  materialism 
  dialectician 
  dialectics 
  dialeurodes 
  dialeurodes  citri 
  dialog 
  dialog  box 
  dialogue 
  dialysis 
  dialysis  machine 
  dialyzer 
  radial 
  sundial 
  telephone  dial 
 
  Overview  of  noun  dial 
 
  The  noun  dial  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dial  --  (the  face  of  a  timepiece;  graduated  to  show  the  hours) 
  2.  dial  --  (the  control  on  a  radio  or  television  set  that  is  used  for  tuning) 
  3.  dial  --  (the  circular  graduated  indicator  on  various  measuring  instruments) 
  4.  dial,  telephone  dial  --  (a  disc  on  a  telephone  that  is  rotated  a  fixed  distance  for  each  number  called) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  dial 
 
  The  verb  dial  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  dial  --  (operate  a  dial  to  select  a  telephone  number;  "You  must  take  the  receive  off  the  hook  before  you  dial") 
  2.  dial  --  (choose  by  means  of  a  dial;  "dial  a  telephone  number") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  dial 
  basidial 
  biradial 
  cordial 
  custodial 
  dialectal 
  dialectic 
  dialectical 
  gerundial 
  medial 
  myocardial 
  pericardial 
  phyllodial 
  postprandial 
  prandial 
  precordial 
  preprandial 
  primordial 
  radial 
  remedial 
  uncordial 
 
  Overview  of  noun  dial 
 
  The  noun  dial  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  dial  --  (the  face  of  a  timepiece;  graduated  to  show  the  hours) 
  2.  dial  --  (the  control  on  a  radio  or  television  set  that  is  used  for  tuning) 
  3.  dial  --  (the  circular  graduated  indicator  on  various  measuring  instruments) 
  4.  dial,  telephone  dial  --  (a  disc  on  a  telephone  that  is  rotated  a  fixed  distance  for  each  number  called) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  dial 
 
  The  verb  dial  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  dial  --  (operate  a  dial  to  select  a  telephone  number;  "You  must  take  the  receive  off  the  hook  before  you  dial") 
  2.  dial  --  (choose  by  means  of  a  dial;  "dial  a  telephone  number") 



dial definition