Defenition of the word kite
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Defenition of the word kite
- A flying tethered man-made object.
- A quadrilateral with two pairs of equal adjacent sides whose diagonals are perpendicular.
- A forbidden written message of one prisoner to another or to a person outside of prison.
- any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
- light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
- plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
- a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
- a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
- fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the Red Dragon model"
- soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains"
- get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman kited millions of dollars"
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited many checks"
- fly a kite
- soar or fly like a kite
- get credit or money by using a bad check
- increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
Meronymys for the word kite
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- Accipitridae
- family Accipitridae
- kite tail
Hyponyms for the word kite
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- black kite
- box kite
- Elanoides forficatus
- Elanus leucurus
- Milvus migrans
- sport kite
- stunt kite
- swallow-tailed hawk
- swallow-tailed kite
- white-tailed kite
Hypernyms for the word kite
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- bank check
- check
- cheque
- fly
- glide
- hawk
- increase
- obtain
- plaything
- surname
- toy
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