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Verb rat has 6 senses
- rat - desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
--1 is one way to defect, desert
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- rat - employ scabs or strike breakers in
--2 is one way to hire, engage, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- scab, rat, blackleg - take the place of work of someone on strike
--3 is one way to work, do work
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- rat - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
--4 is one way to pad, fill out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rat - catch rats, especially with dogs
--5 is one way to capture, catch
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
--6 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
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