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forts

 
Noun fort has 2 senses
  1. garrison, fort - a fortified military post where troops are stationed
    --1 is a kind of military post, post
    --1 has particulars: Fort Meade, Fort George Gordon Meade, Fort George G. Meade
    Derived forms: verb fort3, verb fort1, verb fortify2, verb fortify3
  2. fortress, fort - a fortified defensive structure
    --2 is a kind of defensive structure, defense, defence
    --2 has parts: battlement, crenelation, crenellation
    --2 has particulars:
     alcazar; Alhambra; martello tower; presidio; Tower of London
    Derived forms: verb fort2, verb fort3, verb fort1, verb fortify2
Verb fort has 3 senses
  1. fort, fort up - gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense
    --1 is one way to meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
    Derived forms: noun fort2, noun fort1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. fortify, fort - enclose by or as if by a fortification
    --2 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
    Derived form: noun fort2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  3. fort - station (troops) in a fort
    --3 is one way to
    station, post, base, send, place
    Derived forms: noun fort1, noun fort2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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