hip

Noun
  1. Either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh (synset 105563958)
    is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
    has: arteria glutes, gluteal artery - branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region
    is a part of: body, torso, trunk - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
  2. The structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates (synset 105604406)
    is a type of: girdle - an encircling or ringlike structure
    has:
    • coccyx, tail bone - the end of the vertebral column in humans and tailless apes
    • hipbone, innominate bone - large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis
    • ilium - the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone
    • ischial bone, ischium, os ischii - one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
    • os pubis, pubic bone, pubis - one of the three sections of the hipbone; together these two bones form the front of the pelvis
    • sacrum - wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
    • articulatio coxae, coxa, hip, hip joint - the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
    is a part of: appendicular skeleton - the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs
    same as: pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis
  3. The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum (synset 105603759)
    is a type of: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint - a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone
    has: ischial bone, ischium, os ischii - one of the three sections of the hipbone; situated below the ilium
    is a part of:
    • thigh - the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
    • hip, pelvic arch, pelvic girdle, pelvis - the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
    same as: articulatio coxae, coxa, hip joint
  4. (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof (synset 113913372)
    referred to in: architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings
    is a type of: exterior angle, external angle - the supplement of an interior angle of a polygon
    is a part of: hip roof, hipped roof - a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
  5. The fruit of a rose plant (synset 112641307)
    is a type of: fruit - the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
    is a part of: rose, rosebush - any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    same as: rose hip, rosehip
Adjective
  1. Informed about the latest trends (synset 301310526)
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
    similar to: informed - having much knowledge or education
    same as: hep, hip to

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