PEG DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peg down mean? 

• PEG DOWN (verb)
  The verb PEG DOWN has 2 senses:

1. fasten or secure with a wooden pin

2. define clearly

  Familiarity information: PEG DOWN used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEG DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fasten or secure with a wooden pin

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

peg; peg down

Context example:

peg a tent

Hypernyms (to "peg down" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Define clearly

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

nail down; narrow; narrow down; peg down; pin down; specify

Context example:

I cannot narrow down the rules for this game

Hypernyms (to "peg down" is one way to...):

determine (fix in scope; fix the boundaries of)

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

concretize (make something concrete)

Sentence frames:

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