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Tag (Verb)

Meaning 1

Attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The museum staff were told to tag all the ancient relics with new serial numbers for better record-keeping.
  • She tags every new product with a colorful label that includes the price and ingredients.
  • Before releasing the butterflies into the wild, the researchers tag them with small tracking devices.
  • Farm workers have to tag the animals with unique ear tags so they can identify them easily.
  • The botanist had to carefully tag each specimen with its scientific name.

Synonyms

  • Mark
  • Label

Hyponyms

  • Trademark
  • Brandmark

Related Words

  • Tag (noun)

Meaning 2

Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit".

Classification

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.

Examples

  • The authorities will tag the suspect as soon as he leaves the building.
  • The police officer managed to tag the fleeing thief in the crowded market.
  • The hunters patiently waited for the perfect moment to tag their prey.
  • After weeks of surveillance the detectives were finally ready to tag their suspect.
  • Security guards quickly moved in to tag the shoplifter as she tried to leave the store.

Synonyms

  • Give Chase
  • Chase
  • Chase After
  • Trail
  • Dog
  • Go After
  • Tail
  • Track

Hypernyms

  • Pursue
  • Follow

Hyponyms

  • Hunt
  • Tree
  • Run Down
  • Trace
  • Quest
  • Hound

Related Words

  • Tag Along (verb)
  • Tag (noun)

Meaning 3

Touch a player while he is holding the ball.

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • The defender had to tag the runner to record the out in the baseball game.
  • As soon as he picked up the ball, his teammate managed to tag him out.
  • The referee wouldn't blow the whistle until the player was actually tagged by the defender.
  • A quick thinker, the shortstop tagged the base before the runner could even react.
  • Her agility allowed the runner to dodge defenders until she was tagged by the smallest girl on the team.

Related Words

  • Tag (noun)

Meaning 4

Provide with a name or nickname.

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • Her friends had started to tag her "The Bookworm" due to her love of reading.
  • Locals had begun to tag the new high-rise building "The Glass Tower" for its sleek design.
  • He became infamous for his athletic prowess and was subsequently tagged "Lightning Legs" by his peers.
  • The scientist who discovered the new species decided to tag it the "Rainforest Rhapsody."
  • This new part of town quickly got tagged the "The Art District" by the local community.

Hypernyms

  • Be Known As
  • Call
  • Know As

Meaning 5

Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes.

Classification

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

Examples

  • The poet used to tag on rhymes at the end of every line to make it more lyrical and fun.
  • In creative writing class, the students were asked to tag rhymes to their short verses as homework.
  • Modern poets rarely tag rhymes to their free verses, unlike their predecessors.
  • By carefully choosing words that tag perfectly with each other in rhyme, a harmonious poem is formed.
  • She decided to tag on a good rhyme scheme for her poem to give it a poetic flow.

Hypernyms

  • Rime
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