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Noun resort has 4 senses
- resort, resort hotel, holiday resort - a hotel located in a resort area
--1 is a kind of hotel
--1 is a part of resort area, playground, vacation spot
--1 has particulars: dude ranch; ski resort
- haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground - a frequently visited place
--2 is a kind of area, country
--2 has particulars: gathering place
- recourse, refuge, resort - something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
--3 is a kind of resource
--3 has particulars: shadow
- recourse, resort, refuge - act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"
--4 is a kind of aid, assist, assistance, help
Verb resort has 2 senses
- fall back, resort, recur - have recourse to; "The government resorted to rationing meat"
--1 is one way to use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- repair, resort - move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"
--2 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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