Sharp PW E550 PWE550 Operation Manual - Page 34

(a) figurative extension of the core sense, e.g., HEADWORD: backbone CORE SENSE: the series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the pelvis; the spine. SUBSENSE: figurative the chief support of a system or organization; the mainstay: EXAMPLE: these firms are the backbone of our industrial sector. HEADWORD: bankrupt CORE SENSE: (of a person or organization) declared in law unable to pay outstanding debts: EXAMPLE: the company was declared bankrupt. SUBSENSE: figurative completely lacking in a particular quality or value: EXAMPLE: their cause is morally bankrupt. (b) specialized case of the core sense, e.g., HEADWORD: zone CORE SENSE: [usu. with adj.] an area or stretch of land having a particular characteristic, purpose, or use, or subject to particular restrictions: EXAMPLE: a pedestrian zone. SUBSENSE: Geography a well-defined region extending around the earth between definite limits, esp. between two parallels of latitude: EXAMPLE: a zone of easterly winds. SUBSENSE: Sports in basketball, football, and hockey, a specific area of the court, field, or rink, esp. one to be defended by a particular player, or the mode of defensive play using this system. HEADWORD: demand CORE SENSE: an insistent and peremptory request, made as if by right: EXAMPLE: a series of demands for far-reaching reforms. 32 SUBSENSE: Economics the desire of purchasers, consumers, clients, employers, etc., for a particular commodity, service, or other Item: EXAMPLE: a recent slump in demand. (c) other extension or shift in meaning, retaining one or more elements of the core sense, e.g., HEADWORD: bamboo CORE SENSE: a giant woody grass that grows chiefly in the tropics, where it is widely cultivated. SUBSENSE: the hollow jointed stem of this plant, used as a cane or to make furniture and implements: EXAMPLE: [as adj.] a bamboo serving tray. HEADWORD: management CORE SENSE: the process of dealing with or controlling things or people: EXAMPLE: the management of elk herds. SUBSENSE: Medicine & Psychiatry the treatment or control of diseases, injuries, or disorders, or the care of patients who suffer from them: EXAMPLE: the use of combination chemotherapy in the management of breast cancer. HEADWORD: mandarin CORE SENSE: an official in any of the nine top grades of the former imperial Chinese civil service. SUBSENSE: a powerful official or senior bureaucrat, esp. one perceived as reactionary and secretive: EXAMPLE: a civil service mandarin Many entries have just one core sense. However some entries are more complex and have different strands of meaning, each constituting a core sense. In this case, each core sense is introduced by a bold sense number, and each potentially has its own block of subsenses relating to it.