AGGRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aggress mean? 

• AGGRESS (verb)
  The verb AGGRESS has 1 sense:

1. take the initiative and go on the offensive

  Familiarity information: AGGRESS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGGRESS (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they aggress    ... he / she / it aggresses   
Past simple: aggressed   
Past participle: aggressed   
-ing form: aggressing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take the initiative and go on the offensive

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

aggress; attack

Context example:

The visiting team started to attack

Hypernyms (to "aggress" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Verb group:

assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "aggress"):

check (place into check)

fork (place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces)

harass (exhaust by attacking repeatedly)

pin ((chess) immobilize a piece)

tackle (seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

aggression (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked)

aggression (the act of initiating hostilities)

aggressive (characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight)

aggressor (someone who attacks)