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Noun shark has 3 senses
  1. shark - any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
    --1 is a kind of     elasmobranch, selachian
    --1 has particulars:
     cow shark, six-gilled shark, Hexanchus griseus; mackerel shark; thresher, thrasher, thresher shark, fox shark, Alopius vulpinus; carpet shark, Orectolobus barbatus; nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum; sand tiger, sand shark, Carcharias taurus, Odontaspis taurus; whale shark, Rhincodon typus; cat shark; requiem shark; dogfish; hammerhead, hammerhead shark; angel shark, angelfish, Squatina squatina, monkfish
    Derived form: verb shark2
  2. shark - a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
    --2 is a kind of     wrongdoer, offender
    --2 has particulars: usurer, loan shark, moneylender, shylock
  3. shark - a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways; "a card shark"
    --3 is a kind of     expert
,Verb shark has 2 senses
  1. shark - play the shark; act with trickery
    --1 is one way to     cheat, chisel
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  2. shark - hunt shark
    --2 is one way to     fish
    Derived form: noun shark1
    Sample sentence:
    In the summer they like to go out and shark
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