Word

sell, v.
(selling, sells, sold)
freq. cnt. 96

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 73 freq. cnt.: 73

sell

sample sentences

"He sold his house in January"
"She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
They %s the food to the people
They %s the people the food

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

selling sell seller

antonym

buy

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

hyponym

entailment

give

hypernym

exchange, change, interchange

verb group

sell

be sold at a certain price or in a certain way
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 12

sell

sample sentences

"These books sell like hot cakes"

verb frames

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
These cars won't %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

selling sell

semantic pointers

verb group

sell deal, sell, trade

hypernym

hyponym

retail trade

persuade somebody to accept something
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

sell

sample sentences

"The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"

verb frames

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
They won't %s the story

semantic pointers

hypernym

persuade

do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

deal sell trade

sample sentences

"She deals in gold"
"The brothers sell shoes"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dealings dealing deal dealer dealer dealer

also see

deal out trade

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

selling sell seller

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

trading trade trade

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

commerce, commercialism, mercantilism

hypernym

transact

hyponym

push deal black marketeer pyramid market peddle, hawk, huckster, monger, vend, pitch

verb group

deal sell

give up for a price or reward
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sell

sample sentences

"She sold her principles for a successful career"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

surrender, give up, cede, deliver

verb group

betray, sell

deliver to an enemy by treachery
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

betray sell

sample sentences

"Judas sold Jesus"
"The spy betrayed his country"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sam cannot %s Sue

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

betrayal betrayer

semantic pointers

verb group

sell

hypernym

deceive, delude, lead on, cozen

hyponym

double cross

be responsible for the sale of
<verb.stative>

sell

sample sentences

"All her publicity sold the products"

verb frames

Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

sell

semantic pointers

hypernym

be approved of or gain acceptance
<verb.stative>

sell

sample sentences

"The new idea sold well in certain circles"

verb frames

Something ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym