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PEG DOWN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does peg down mean?

• PEG DOWN (verb)
The verb PEG DOWN has 2 senses:

1. fasten or secure with a wooden pin
2. define clearly

Familiarity information: PEG DOWN used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PEG DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

peg down ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Fasten or secure with a wooden pin

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

peg down; peg

Context example:

peg a tent

Hypernyms (to "peg down" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

peg down ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Define clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

narrow down; pin down; nail down; narrow; peg down; specify

Context example:

I cannot narrow down the rules for this game

Hypernyms (to "peg down" is one way to...):

determine (fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "peg down"):

concretize (make something concrete)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

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