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KERN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kern mean? 

KERN (noun)
  The noun KERN has 2 senses:

1. United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)play

2. the part of a metal type that projects beyond its bodyplay

  Familiarity information: KERN used as a noun is rare.


KERN (verb)
  The verb KERN has 2 senses:

1. furnish with a kernplay

2. remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)play

  Familiarity information: KERN used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KERN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Jerome David Kern; Jerome Kern; Kern

Instance hypernyms:

composer (someone who composes music as a profession)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The part of a metal type that projects beyond its body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kern" is a kind of...):

type (a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper)

Derivation:

kern (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))

kern (furnish with a kern)


KERN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnish with a kern

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "kern" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

kern (remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters))

Derivation:

kern (the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "kern" is one way to...):

get rid of; remove (dispose of)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

kern (furnish with a kern)

Derivation:

kern (the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body)


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