Dictionary entry details
• PRODUCE (noun)
Meaning:
Fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
garden truck; green goods; green groceries; produce
Hypernyms ("produce" is a kind of...):
food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "produce"):
edible fruit (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
vegetable; veggie (edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant)
eater (any green goods that are good to eat)
• PRODUCE (verb)
Meaning:
Bring forth or yield
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
produce; bring forth
Context example:
The tree would not produce fruit
Hypernyms (to "produce" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause_to_be_born)
sporulate (produce spores)
crank out; grind out (produce in a routine or monotonous manner)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Create or manufacture a man-made product
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
produce; create; make
Context examples:
We produce more cars than we can sell / The company has been making toys for two centuries
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
extrude; squeeze out (form or shape by forcing through an opening)
generate; give; render; return; yield (give or supply)
generate (produce (energy))
bootleg (produce or distribute illegally)
laminate (create laminate by putting together several thin sheets of a material)
smelt (extract (metals) by heating)
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
preassemble; prefabricate (to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings)
fudge together; throw together (produce shoddily, without much attention to detail)
print; publish (put into print)
confect (make or construct)
proof (make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset)
burn; cut (create by duplicating data)
put out (put out considerable effort)
elaborate (produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product)
breed (cause to procreate (animals))
make over; redo; refashion; remake (make new)
prefabricate (produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally)
underproduce (produce below capacity or demand)
output (to create or manufacture a specific amount)
pulsate; pulse (produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses)
clap together; clap up; slap together (make hastily and carelessly)
custom-make; customise; customize; tailor-make (make to specifications)
dummy; dummy up (make a dummy of)
turn out (produce quickly or regularly, usually with machinery)
machine (make by machinery)
churn out (produce something at a fast rate)
overproduce (produce in excess)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue produce the movie
Meaning:
Cause to happen, occur or exist
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
give rise; bring about; produce
Context examples:
This procedure produces a curious effect / The new law gave rise to many complaints / These chemicals produce a noxious vapor / the new President must bring about a change in the health care system
Hypernyms (to "produce" is one way to...):
create; make (make or cause to be or to become)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
induce; induct (produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes)
lead; leave; result (have as a result or residue)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bring out for display
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
bring forth; produce
Context examples:
The proud father produced many pictures of his baby / The accused brought forth a letter in court that he claims exonerates him
Hypernyms (to "produce" is one way to...):
display; exhibit; expose (to show, make visible or apparent)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
turn on (produce suddenly or automatically)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Bring onto the market or release
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
bring on; bring out; produce
Context examples:
produce a movie / bring out a book / produce a new play
Cause:
appear (come into sight or view)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
offer (produce or introduce on the stage)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
farm; raise; produce; grow
Context examples:
The Bordeaux region produces great red wines / They produce good ham in Parma / We grow wheat here / We raise hogs here
Hypernyms (to "produce" is one way to...):
cultivate (foster the growth of)
Domain category:
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
keep (raise)
overproduce (produce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted)
carry (bear (a crop))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They produce rye in the field
Meaning:
Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
acquire; develop; produce; grow; get
Context examples:
He grew a beard / The patient developed abdominal pains / I got funny spots all over my body / Well-developed breasts
Hypernyms (to "produce" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "produce"):
cut (have grow through the gums)
get up; work up (develop)
pupate (develop into a pupa)
teethe (grow teeth; cut the baby teeth)
pod (produce pods, of plants)
leaf (produce leaves, of plants)
stool; tiller (grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers)
sprout; stock (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)
spring (develop suddenly)
regrow (grow anew or continue growth after an injury or interruption)
feather; fledge (grow feathers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
