HOOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hoover mean? 

• HOOVER (noun)
  The noun HOOVER has 4 senses:

1. United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

2. United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

3. 31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

4. a kind of vacuum cleaner

  Familiarity information: HOOVER used as a noun is uncommon.

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

1. clean with a vacuum cleaner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hoover; William Henry Hoover; William Hoover

Instance hypernyms:

industrialist (someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise)

Derivation:

hoover (clean with a vacuum cleaner)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hoover; J. Edgar Hoover; John Edgar Hoover

Instance hypernyms:

attorney; lawyer (a professional person authorized to practice law; conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice)

Sense 3

Meaning:

31st President of the United States; in 1929 the stock market crashed and the economy collapsed and Hoover was defeated for reelection by Franklin Roosevelt (1874-1964)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Herbert Clark Hoover; Herbert Hoover; Hoover; President Hoover

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A kind of vacuum cleaner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

vacuum; vacuum cleaner (an electrical home appliance that cleans by suction)

Domain usage:

trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)

Derivation:

hoover (clean with a vacuum cleaner)

• HOOVER (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clean with a vacuum cleaner

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

hoover; vacuum; vacuum-clean

Context example:

vacuum the carpets

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

clean; make clean (make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

Hoover (a kind of vacuum cleaner)

Hoover (United States industrialist who manufactured vacuum cleaners (1849-1932))