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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.