MORSE (morses)

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Irregular inflected form: morses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Morse mean? 

• MORSE (noun)
  The noun MORSE has 2 senses:

1. a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

2. United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)

  Familiarity information: MORSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

international Morse code; Morse; Morse code

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

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

Meronyms (parts of "Morse"):

dit; dot (the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code)

dah; dash (the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code)

Sense 2

Meaning:

United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Morse; Samuel F. B. Morse; Samuel Finley Breese Morse; Samuel Morse

Instance hypernyms:

artificer; discoverer; inventor (someone who is the first to think of or make something)

painter (an artist who paints)

 Context examples 

Mr. Morse looked at his wife curiously.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Let us make for Mr. Morse Hudson, of the Kennington Road, and see if he can throw any light upon the problem.

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

He was glad that Mr. Morse was not there.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

On the other hand, this Morse Hudson is the purveyor of busts in that part of London, and these three were the only ones which had been in his shop for years.

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

Ruth Morse seemed farther removed than ever.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“May I ask whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot’s rooms were the exact duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson’s shop?”

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

They talked about the sea as a career, a subject which Martin had at his finger-ends, and Mr. Morse remarked afterward that he seemed a very clear-headed young man.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Some little time ago he purchased from Morse Hudson two duplicate plaster casts of the famous head of Napoleon by the French sculptor, Devine.

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

What had been done could be done again, and he, Martin Eden, could do it and would do it for Ruth Morse.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Well, that’s all we could reasonably expect from Morse Hudson,” said Holmes, as we emerged from the shop.

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