bob-v; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: move up and down

Commentary: Includes:BOB_ABOUT,BOB_AROUND

Examples:
He watched the wooden head bob up and down.
We all bobbed around town.
Scorsese has bobbed about town for thirty years.

Mappings:
VerbNet: modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: bob.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bob_about 1
bob_around 1

Sense Number 2: ride a bobsled

Examples:
The boys bobbed down the hill.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: remove or shorten the tail of an animal

Examples:
Some cat breeders bob tails at a very early age.
We bob sheep tails.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: curtsy

Examples:
She bobbed at each passenger.
She bobbed politely.

Mappings:
VerbNet: curtsey-40.3.3
FrameNet: Body_movement
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4

Sense Number 5: cut hair in the style of a bob

Examples:
She bobbed her hair.

Mappings:
VerbNet: braid-41.2.2
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 6: disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water

Examples:
We saw a head bob up from the water.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bob_under 1

Sense Number 7: originate or come into being

Examples:
The torch beam bobbed into life up ahead.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
bob_up 1