The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

9 shifts found

[{"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2834, "source": "to whet", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to improve", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 2901, "source": "to miss the target", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to make a mistake, be wrong", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3715, "source": "to raise, lift (tr.)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to improve", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4795, "source": "to lose (an object)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to make a mistake, be wrong", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8031, "source": "to work", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "to function", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9383, "source": "to tie", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "duty, responsibility", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Cognition; Social Actions and Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10251, "source": "to do, act", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "fact", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10252, "source": "to make, create", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "fact", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10253, "source": "to hold (in hands)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Actions", "target": "fact", "target_tags": "Abstract Entities; Semiotics"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
2834	to whet	Physical Actions	→	to improve	Abstract Entities
2901	to miss the target	Physical Actions	—	to make a mistake, be wrong	Abstract Entities
3715	to raise, lift (tr.)	Physical Actions	→	to improve	Abstract Entities
4795	to lose (an object)	Physical Actions	→	to make a mistake, be wrong	Abstract Entities
8031	to work	Physical Actions	→	to function	Abstract Entities
9383	to tie	Physical Actions	→	duty, responsibility	Abstract Entities; Cognition; Social Actions and Relations
10251	to do, act	Physical Actions	→	fact	Abstract Entities; Semiotics
10252	to make, create	Physical Actions	→	fact	Abstract Entities; Semiotics
10253	to hold (in hands)	Physical Actions	→	fact	Abstract Entities; Semiotics