TEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tee mean? 

• TEE (noun)
  The noun TEE has 3 senses:

1. the starting place for each hole on a golf course

2. support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

3. a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

  Familiarity information: TEE used as a noun is uncommon.

• TEE (verb)
  The verb TEE has 2 senses:

1. place on a tee

2. connect with a tee

  Familiarity information: TEE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The starting place for each hole on a golf course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

tee; teeing ground

Context example:

they were waiting on the first tee

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

land site; site (the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located))

Holonyms ("tee" is a part of...):

golf course; links course (course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf)

Derivation:

tee (place on a tee)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

football tee; tee

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

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

golf tee; tee

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

golf equipment (sports equipment used in playing golf)

nog; peg (a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface)

Derivation:

tee (place on a tee)

• TEE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they tee    ... he / she / it tees   
Past simple: teed   
Past participle: teed   
-ing form: teeing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Place on a tee

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

tee; tee up

Context example:

tee golf balls

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

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Domain category:

golf; golf game (a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

tee (a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground)

tee (the starting place for each hole on a golf course)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Connect with a tee

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

tee two pipes

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

connect; link; link up; tie (connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something