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score > 18 senses
NOUN1score, mark, gradeA number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
2score, musical scoreA written form of a musical composition
3scoreA number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
4scoreA set of twenty members
5score, accountGrounds
6scoreThe facts about an actual situation
7scoreAn amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
8score, scotchA slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
9score, grudge, grievanceA resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
10scoreThe act of scoring in a game or sport
11score, sexual conquestA seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
VERB1score, hit, tally, rack upGain points in a game
2score, nock, markMake small marks into the surface of
3score, markMake underscoring marks
4scoreWrite a musical score for
5score, seduce, makeInduce to have sex
6scoreGet a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
7score, grade, markAssign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
score > pronunciation
Soundsskao'r
Rhymesabhor, adore, albacore, and 113 more rhymes in aor at the HyperDic website...
score > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance).
Examples"what was your score on your homework?"
Synonymsmark, grade
Narrowergrade point; percentile, centile; decile; quartile
Broaderevaluation, valuation, rating
Verbsscore; score
score > noun 2, communication
MeaningA written form of a musical composition. Parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages.
Examples"he studied the score of the sonata"
Synonymsmusical score
Partsmusical notation
Broadersheet music
Verbsscore
score > noun 3, quantity
MeaningA number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.
Examples"the score was 7 to 0"
Partspoint
Narrowerbowling score; football score; baseball score; basketball score; birdie; bogey; double-bogey; duck, duck's egg; eagle; double eagle; game; love; match; par
Broadernumber
Verbsscore
score > noun 4, group
MeaningA set of twenty members.
Examples"a score were sent out but only one returned"
Broaderset
score > noun 5, motive
MeaningGrounds.
Examples"he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
Synonymsaccount
Broaderreason, ground
score > noun 6, cognition
MeaningThe facts about an actual situation.
Examples"he didn't know the score"
Broaderfact
score > noun 7, state
MeaningAn amount due (as at a restaurant or bar).
Examples"add it to my score and I'll settle later"
Broaderdebt
score > noun 8, shape
MeaningA slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally).
Synonymsscotch
Broaderincision, scratch, prick, slit, dent
Verbsscore
score > noun 9, feeling
MeaningA resentment strong enough to justify retaliation.
Examples"settling a score"
Synonymsgrudge, grievance
Broaderresentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
score > noun 10, act
MeaningThe act of scoring in a game or sport.
Examples"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
Narrowerbull's eye; goal; strike, ten-strike; spare; open frame, break; safety; touchdown; field goal; conversion; run, tally; basket, field goal; hat trick; break, break of serve; equalizer
Broadersuccess
Verbsscore
score > noun 11, act
MeaningA seduction culminating in sexual intercourse.
Examples"calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
Synonymssexual conquest
Broaderseduction, conquest
Verbsscore
score > verb 1, competition
MeaningGain points in a game.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"The home team scored many times"
Synonymshit, tally, rack up
Entailscompete, vie, contend
Caused bydrive in
Narrowerpar; shoot; convert; convert; convert; homer; kick; eagle; hole up; ace; walk; equalize, equalise, get even; have, get, make
Broadergain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway, get ahead, gain ground
Nounsscore; scorer; score
score > verb 2, contact
MeaningMake small marks into the surface of.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"score the clay before firing it"
Synonymsnock, mark
Narrowerscarify; scotch; scribe; line
Broadernotch
Similar toscar, mark, pock, pit
Nounsscorer; score
score > verb 3, communication
MeaningMake underscoring marks.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonymsmark
Narrowercancel, invalidate
Broaderrecord, enter, put down
score > verb 4, creation
MeaningWrite a musical score for.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelSam and Sue score the movie
Categorymusic
Narrowerorchestrate
Broadercompose, write
Nounsscore
score > verb 5, contact
MeaningInduce to have sex.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody
Examples"Did you score last night?"
Synonymsseduce, make
Entailsroll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
Broaderpersuade
Similar toseduce
Nounsscore
score > verb 6, competition
MeaningGet a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance.
PatternSomebody ----s Adjective; Somebody ----s something
Examples"She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
Narrowertest
Broaderachieve, accomplish, attain, reach
Nounsscore
score > verb 7, cognition
MeaningAssign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples"score the SAT essays"
Synonymsgrade, mark
Broadermeasure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
Nounsscorer; scoring; score

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