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Word - rootword - affixes
pagbihag - bihag - pag-~
pag.bi.hag. - 3 syllables

pag- = pagbihag
pagbihag

pagbihag : conquest (n.); attract (v.); entice (v.); lure (v.)
bihag [bí.hag.] : captive (n.); hostage (n.); quarry (n.)

Derivatives of bihag


Glosses:
conquest
n. (act)1. conquering, conquest, subjection, subjugationthe act of conquering.
~ capture, gaining control, seizurethe act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property.
~ norman conquestthe invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066).
n. (act)2. conquestsuccess in mastering something difficult.; "the conquest of space"
~ successan attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
n. (act)3. conquest, seductionan act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone.
~ successan attainment that is successful.; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"
~ sexual conquest, scorea seduction culminating in sexual intercourse.; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
attract
v. (contact)1. attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull indirect toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes.; "Her good looks attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
~ draw, pull, forcecause to move by pulling.; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
~ tugpull hard.; "The prisoner tugged at the chains"; "This movie tugs at the heart strings"
~ arrest, catch, getattract and fix.; "His look caught her"; "She caught his eye"; "Catch the attention of the waiter"
~ draw in, retractpull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
~ draw in, retractpull inward or towards a center.; "The pilot drew in the landing gear"; "The cat retracted his claws"
~ bringattract the attention of.; "The noise and the screaming brought the curious"
~ curl up, curl, draw inshape one's body into a curl.; "She curled farther down under the covers"; "She fell and drew in"
v. (emotion)2. appeal, attractbe attractive to.; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me"; "The beautiful garden attracted many people"
~ bewitch, captivate, charm, enamor, enamour, entrance, trance, becharm, beguile, capture, enchant, fascinate, catchattract; cause to be enamored.; "She captured all the men's hearts"
~ beckonappear inviting.; "The shop window decorations beckoned"
v. (contact)3. attractexert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.; "the gravitational pull of a planet attracts other bodies"
~ pullapply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion.; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your knees towards your chin"
entice
v. (communication)1. entice, lure, temptprovoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion.; "He lured me into temptation"
~ snare, hookentice and trap.; "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
~ seducelure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct.; "She was seduced by the temptation of easy money and started to work in a massage parlor"
~ calllure by imitating the characteristic call of an animal.; "Call ducks"
~ stoollure with a stool, as of wild fowl.
~ lead onentice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken.
~ tweedleentice through the use of music.
~ provoke, stimulateprovide the needed stimulus for.
~ decoylure or entrap with or as if with a decoy.
~ baitlure, entice, or entrap with bait.
lure
n. (attribute)1. come-on, enticement, lurequalities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.
~ attractiveness, attractionthe quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts.; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
n. (cognition)2. bait, come-on, hook, lure, sweeteneranything that serves as an enticement.
~ enticement, temptationsomething that seduces or has the quality to seduce.
n. (artifact)3. bait, decoy, luresomething used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed.
~ chumbait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped overboard to attract fish.
~ devicean instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
~ fish lure, fisherman's lure(angling) any bright artificial bait consisting of plastic or metal mounted with hooks and trimmed with feathers.
~ ground baitbait scattered on the water to attract fish.
~ stool pigeona dummy pigeon used to decoy others.
~ trapa device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.
hostage
n. (person)1. hostage, suretya prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms.
~ captive, prisonera person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war.
quarry
n. (person)1. fair game, prey, quarry, targeta person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence.; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt"
~ victiman unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
n. (artifact)2. pit, quarry, stone pita surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.; "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
~ chalk pit, chalkpita quarry for chalk.
~ excavationa hole in the ground made by excavating.
~ gravel pita quarry for gravel.
n. (animal)3. prey, quarryanimal hunted or caught for food.
~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, faunaa living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
v. (consumption)4. quarryextract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry.; "quarry marble"
~ quarryingthe extraction of building stone or slate from an open surface quarry.
~ exploit, tapdraw from; make good use of.; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
~ cut into, delve, dig, turn overturn up, loosen, or remove earth.; "Dig we must"; "turn over the soil for aeration"