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accost
Overview of verb accost
The verb accost has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) address, accost, come up to -- (speak to someone)
2. hook, solicit, accost -- (approach with an offer of sexual favors; "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park")
Antonyms of verb accost
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accost
2 senses of accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
=> come, come up
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
hook, solicit, accost
=> offer
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb accost
1 of 2 senses of accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
=> greet, recognize, recognise
=> approach
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb accost
2 senses of accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
=> come, come up
Sense 2
hook, solicit, accost
=> offer
'Cause To' of verb accost
Derived Forms of verb accost
Domain of verb accost
Domain Terms of verb accost
Familiarity of verb accost
accost used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb accost
2 senses of accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
hook, solicit, accost
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb accost
2 senses of accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
> come, come up
=> emanate
=> address, accost, come up to
=> approach, come near
=> approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
Sense 2
hook, solicit, accost
> offer
=> hook, solicit, accost
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb accost
Sense 1
address, accost, come up to
=> come, come up
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Sense 2
hook, solicit, accost
=> offer
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Grep of verb accost
accost
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