TIMOTHY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Timothy mean? 

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

1. grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay

2. a disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus

3. a grass grown for hay

  Familiarity information: TIMOTHY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TIMOTHY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy

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

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Meronyms (parts of "timothy"):

timothy (a grass grown for hay)

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

genus Phleum; Phleum (grasses native to temperate regions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A disciple of Saint Paul who became the leader of the Christian community at Ephesus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Christian (a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A grass grown for hay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

hay (grass mowed and cured for use as fodder)

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

herd's grass; Phleum pratense; timothy (grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay)