NECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neck mean? 

• NECK (noun)
  The noun NECK has 5 senses:

1. the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

2. a narrow elongated projecting strip of land

3. a cut of meat from the neck of an animal

4. a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form

5. an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

  Familiarity information: NECK used as a noun is common.

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

1. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NECK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

cervix; neck

Context example:

the horse won by a neck

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

external body part (any body part visible externally)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

trachea; windpipe (membranous tube with cartilaginous rings that conveys inhaled air from the larynx to the bronchi)

musculus sternocleidomastoideus; sternocleido mastoideus; sternocleidomastoid; sternocleidomastoid muscle (one of two thick muscles running from the sternum and clavicle to the mastoid and occipital bone; turns head obliquely to the opposite side; when acting together they flex the neck and extend the head)

cervical vertebra; neck bone (one of 7 vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region)

pharynx; throat (the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone)

nape; nucha; scruff (the back side of the neck)

jugular; jugular vein; vena jugularis (veins in the neck that return blood from the head)

areteria cervicalis; cervical artery (an artery that supplies the muscles of the neck)

arteria carotis; carotid artery (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)

thymus; thymus gland (a ductless glandular organ at the base of the neck that produces lymphocytes and aids in producing immunity; atrophies with age)

dewlap (a hanging fold of loose skin on an elderly person's neck)

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

bull neck (a thick short powerful neck)

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

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A narrow elongated projecting strip of land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

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

dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A cut of meat from the neck of an animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

scrag; scrag end (the lean end of a neck of veal)

scrag (lean end of the neck)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the bottle had a wide neck

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

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Sense 5

Meaning:

An opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

neck; neck opening

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

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

Meronyms (parts of "neck"):

collar; neckband (a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over)

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

neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)

V neck (the neck of a garment has the shape of the letter V)

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

garment (an article of clothing)

• NECK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they neck    ... he / she / it necks   
Past simple: necked   
Past participle: necked   
-ing form: necking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

make out; neck

Context example:

The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

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

pet (stroke or caress gently)

Verb group:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)

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

smooch; spoon (snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

necker (a lover who necks)

necking (affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs))

 Context examples 

She nestled against him, and then, with a change of position, her hands crept up and rested upon his neck.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When I advanced to the middle of the channel, they were yet more in pain, because I was under water to my neck.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

"Oil my neck, first," replied the Tin Woodman.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Holmes leaned over his shoulder and passed both hands over his neck.

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

Add to that the length of neck and head, and you get a creature not much less than two feet long—probably more if there is any tail.

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

He heard a voice, and it seemed so familiar to him that he went towards it, and when he approached, Rapunzel knew him and fell on his neck and wept.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“You will excuse my calling so late,” she began, and then, suddenly losing her self-control, she ran forward, threw her arms about my wife’s neck, and sobbed upon her shoulder.

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

He was glad for one thing: the rope was off his neck.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

She saw, I suppose, the doubt in my face, for she put the rosary round my neck, and said, "For your mother's sake," and went out of the room.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The ribbon's round my little Minnie's neck now.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)