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Noun label has 4 senses
- label - a brief description given for purposes of identification; "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"
--1 is a kind of description
- label, recording label - trade name of a company that produces musical recordings; "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"
--2 is a kind of trade name, brand name, brand, marque
- label - a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction
--3 is a kind of radioisotope
- label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
--4 is a kind of marker, marking, mark
--4 has particulars: gummed label, sticker, paster; tag
Verb label has 5 senses
- label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"
--1 is one way to designate, denominate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- tag, label, mark - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
--2 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
- pronounce, label, judge - pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
--3 is one way to declare, adjudge, hold
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s somebody something
- label - distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom
--4 is one way to distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- label - distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions
--5 is one way to distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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