ENGLISH: hammer - CREOLE: mato



Overview of noun hammer



The noun hammer has 7 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (2) hammer, cock -- (the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled)

2. (2) hammer -- (a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking)

3. malleus, hammer -- (the ossicle attached to the eardrum)

4. hammer -- (a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw)

5. hammer -- (a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate)

6. hammer, power hammer -- (a power tool for drilling rocks)

7. hammer, pound, hammering, pounding -- (the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway")



Overview of verb hammer



The verb hammer has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (4) hammer -- (beat with or as if with a hammer; "hammer the metal flat")

2. forge, hammer -- (create by hammering; "hammer the silver into a bowl"; "forge a pair of tongues")

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