CHAPERONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chaperone mean? 

• CHAPERONE (noun)
  The noun CHAPERONE has 1 sense:

1. one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

  Familiarity information: CHAPERONE used as a noun is very rare.

• CHAPERONE (verb)
  The verb CHAPERONE has 1 sense:

1. accompany as a chaperone

  Familiarity information: CHAPERONE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAPERONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

chaperon; chaperone

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

defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chaperone"):

den mother (a woman who supervises a den of Cub Scouts)

duenna (a woman chaperon)

housemother (a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people)

Derivation:

chaperone (accompany as a chaperone)

• CHAPERONE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they chaperone    ... he / she / it chaperones   
Past simple: chaperoned   
Past participle: chaperoned   
-ing form: chaperoning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accompany as a chaperone

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

chaperon; chaperone

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

escort (accompany as an escort)

"Chaperone" entails doing...:

protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

chaperone (one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes C1GALT1-specific chaperone 1 protein, plays a chaperone role in mucin-type O-glycan metabolism.

(C1GALT1C1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes Hsp90 co-chaperone Cdc37 protein, plays a role in signal transduction and cell cycle progression.

(CDC37 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Chaperone proteins do not covalently bind to their targets and do not form part of the finished product.

(Chaperone, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role as a chaperone in generation of the common core 1 O-glycan structure.

(C1GALT1C1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a chaperone role in mucin-type O-glycan metabolism.

(C1GALT1-Specific Chaperone 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes BAG family molecular chaperone regulator 5 protein, is involved in attenuation of the chaperone activity of heat shock protein 70.

(BAG5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein contains a BAG domain near the C-terminus, which could bind and inhibit the chaperone activity of Hsc70/Hsp70.

(BCL2-associated Athanogene 4, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Encoded by human BAG5 Gene (BAG1 Family), 447-aa 52-kD BCL2-associated Athanogene 5 contains 4 bag domains and, bound to HSP70/HSC ATPase domains, inhibits HSP70/HSC70 chaperone activity by promoting substrate release.

(BCL2-associated Athanogene 5, NCI Thesaurus)

In the absence of thrombin, endothelial cells contain a 50 kD form of dbpB that binds RNA in the cytoplasm and may play a role as a chaperone for mRNA.

(DBPB Transcriptional Activation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Geldanamycin binds to and inhibits the cytosolic chaperone functions of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90).

(Geldanamycin, NCI Thesaurus)