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scenes |
Grep of noun scenes sceneshifter Grep of noun scene damascene mise en scene scene scene-stealer scene of action scene painter scenery sceneshifter Overview of noun scene The noun scene has 10 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (18) scene -- (the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime") 2. (17) scene -- (an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene") 3. (13) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama -- (the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views") 4. (8) scene, shot -- (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film) 5. (7) picture, scene -- (a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century") 6. (7) scene -- (a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes") 7. (1) fit tantrum, scene, conniption -- (a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene") 8. (1) scene, view -- (graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment") 9. setting, scene -- (the context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story") 10. scenery, scene -- (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery") Overview of noun scene The noun scene has 10 senses (first 8 from tagged texts) 1. (18) scene -- (the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime") 2. (17) scene -- (an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene") 3. (13) view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama -- (the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views") 4. (8) scene, shot -- (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film) 5. (7) picture, scene -- (a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century") 6. (7) scene -- (a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes") 7. (1) fit tantrum, scene, conniption -- (a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene") 8. (1) scene, view -- (graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment") 9. setting, scene -- (the context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story") 10. scenery, scene -- (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery")
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