CAB

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cab mean? 

• CAB (noun)
  The noun CAB has 3 senses:

1. a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

2. small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

3. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

  Familiarity information: CAB used as a noun is uncommon.

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

1. ride in a taxicab

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("cab" is a kind of...):

compartment (a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area)

Holonyms ("cab" is a part of...):

automotive vehicle; motor vehicle (a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cab; cabriolet

Hypernyms ("cab" is a kind of...):

carriage; equipage; rig (a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cab; hack; taxi; taxicab

Hypernyms ("cab" is a kind of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cab"):

gypsy cab (a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls)

minicab (a minicar used as a taxicab)

Holonyms ("cab" is a member of...):

fleet (group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership)

• CAB (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride in a taxicab

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

cab; taxi

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

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

I say into the cab, but I soon became doubtful as to whether it was not a carriage in which I found myself.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

However, Lestrade was anxious to get his man into safe quarters, so within a few minutes our cab had been summoned and we were all four upon our way to London.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Utterson reflected; and then, raising his head, “If you will come with me in my cab,” he said, “I think I can take you to his house.”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

I drove past, left my cab at the corner of the square, and watched the house.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It seems to me that we ought to take cabs when we go south or east; and even leave them somewhere near the neighbourhood we are going to.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Flo and I, for the fun of it, ordered a hansom cab, while Aunt and Uncle were out, and went for a drive, though we learned afterward that it wasn't the thing for young ladies to ride in them alone.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But this gentleman in the cab is my client, Mr. Hall Pycroft.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There’s coffee on the table, Watson, and I have a cab at the door.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then she called a cab and got in.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)