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holiday
 
Noun holiday has 2 senses
  1. vacation, holiday - leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure; "we get two weeks of vacation every summer"; "we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico"
    --1 is a kind of leisure, leisure time
    --1 has particulars:
     half-term; vac; field day, outing, picnic; honeymoon; paid vacation
    Derived form: verb holiday1
  2. holiday - a day on which work is suspended by law or custom; "no mail is delivered on federal holidays"; "it's a good thing that New Year's was a holiday because everyone had a hangover"
    --2 is a kind of     day
    --2 has particulars:
     half-holiday; feast day, fete day; religious holiday, holy day; Christmas Eve, Dec 24; legal holiday, national holiday; Remembrance Day, Remembrance Sunday, Poppy Day; Ramanavami; Mesasamkranti
Verb holiday has 1 sense
  1. vacation, holiday - spend or take a vacation
    --1 is one way to spend, pass
    Derived form: noun holiday1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
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