The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

40 shifts found

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Buildings"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 2731, "source": "board, plank", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts", "target": "table, desk", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3011, "source": "cradle", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "nest (n.)", "target_tags": "Artifacts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 3500, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "chief, boss", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Social Status"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 4043, "source": "table, desk", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "flat (adj)", "target_tags": "Physical Properties; Physical Properties. Shape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4825, "source": "bed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "garden bed", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4829, "source": "bench", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "garden bed", "target_tags": "Agriculture; Geography; Geography. Landscape"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 4924, "source": "pillow", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum)", "target_tags": "Plants. Mushrooms"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5388, "source": "shell (of mollusc)", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Body Parts; Body Parts. Animal Body Parts", "target": "sink (basin for holding water for washing)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 5667, "source": "cradle", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "orphanage", "target_tags": "Social Institutions"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 5964, "source": "place", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Spatial Relations", "target": "bed", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6295, "source": "table, desk", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "molar (tooth)", "target_tags": "Body Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6296, "source": "plate (a serving dish)", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Tableware", "target": "table, desk", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6579, "source": "pillow", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "bearing (mechanical device)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Devices"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6580, "source": "bed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "bearing (mechanical device)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Devices"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6677, "source": "cupboard, closet", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "trap, snare (n.)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Tools"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 6729, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "bridge (of musical imstrument)", "target_tags": "Artifacts. Musical Instruments; Parts; Parts. Parts of Artifacts"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 6975, "source": "cradle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "swing (hanging seat)", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7062, "source": "to sleep", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Physiology", "target": "bed", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 7073, "source": "box, container", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts", "target": "cradle", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7107, "source": "pillow", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "base (geometry)", "target_tags": "Scientific Terms"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 7639, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "post of employment", "target_tags": "Human Beings; Human Beings. Professions"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8251, "source": "bed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "sexual partner", "target_tags": "Interpersonal Relations"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8376, "source": "goat", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Animals; Animals. Domestic Animals", "target": "driver\u0027s seat", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8468, "source": "pillow", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "afterbirth, placenta", "target_tags": "Internal Organs"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8473, "source": "bed", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "afterbirth, placenta", "target_tags": "Internal Organs"}, {"direction": "\u2014", "id": 8495, "source": "cradle", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "afterbirth, placenta", "target_tags": "Internal Organs"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8660, "source": "bench", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "Pleiades", "target_tags": "Astronomical Objects; Sets of Objects"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8704, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "stump (of tree)", "target_tags": "Parts; Parts. Parts of Plants"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8705, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "thigh / hip", "target_tags": "Body Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 8706, "source": "seat, chair", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "udder", "target_tags": "Body Parts; Body Parts. Animal Body Parts"}, {"direction": "\u2194", "id": 8991, "source": "table, desk", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "seat, chair", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9016, "source": "ear", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts", "target": "pillow", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9017, "source": "feather", "source2": null, "source_tags": "Body Parts; Body Parts. Animal Body Parts", "target": "pillow", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 9619, "source": "line", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Physical Properties. Shape", "target": "table, desk", "target_tags": "Artifacts; Artifacts. Furniture"}, {"direction": "\u2192", "id": 10009, "source": "shelf", "source2": "", "source_tags": "Artifacts. Furniture", "target": "ceiling", "target_tags": "Parts; Parts. Parts of Buildings"}]

ID	Meaning 1	Taxons 1	Direction	Meaning 2	Taxons 2
1529	nest (n.)	Artifacts	→	bed	Artifacts; Furniture
1905	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	river-bed	Terrain
2197	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture	→	joiner, cabinetmaker	Human Beings; Professions
2707	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture	→	meal (process)	Social Actions and Relations
2708	<furniture>	Artifacts; Furniture	→	<office>	Buildings
2731	board, plank	Artifacts	→	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture
3011	cradle	Artifacts; Furniture	→	nest (n.)	Artifacts
3500	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	chief, boss	Human Beings; Social Status
4043	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture	↔	flat (adj)	Physical Properties; Shape
4825	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	garden bed	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape
4829	bench	Artifacts; Furniture	→	garden bed	Agriculture; Geography; Landscape
4924	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture	→	birch bolete (Leccinum scabrum)	Mushrooms
5388	shell (of mollusc)	Body Parts; Animal Body Parts	→	sink (basin for holding water for washing)	Artifacts; Furniture
5667	cradle	Artifacts; Furniture	→	orphanage	Social Institutions
5964	place	Spatial Relations	—	bed	Artifacts; Furniture
6295	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture	→	molar (tooth)	Body Parts
6296	plate (a serving dish)	Artifacts; Tableware	→	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture
6579	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture	→	bearing (mechanical device)	Artifacts; Devices
6580	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	bearing (mechanical device)	Artifacts; Devices
6677	cupboard, closet	Artifacts; Furniture	→	trap, snare (n.)	Artifacts; Tools
6729	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	bridge (of musical imstrument)	Musical Instruments; Parts; Parts of Artifacts
6975	cradle	Artifacts; Furniture	—	swing (hanging seat)	Artifacts; Furniture
7062	to sleep	Physiology	→	bed	Artifacts; Furniture
7073	box, container	Artifacts	—	cradle	Artifacts; Furniture
7107	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture	→	base (geometry)	Scientific Terms
7639	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	post of employment	Human Beings; Professions
8251	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	sexual partner	Interpersonal Relations
8376	goat	Animals; Domestic Animals	→	driver's seat	Artifacts; Furniture
8468	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture	→	afterbirth, placenta	Internal Organs
8473	bed	Artifacts; Furniture	→	afterbirth, placenta	Internal Organs
8495	cradle	Artifacts; Furniture	—	afterbirth, placenta	Internal Organs
8660	bench	Artifacts; Furniture	→	Pleiades	Astronomical Objects; Sets of Objects
8704	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	stump (of tree)	Parts; Parts of Plants
8705	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	thigh / hip	Body Parts
8706	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture	→	udder	Body Parts; Animal Body Parts
8991	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture	↔	seat, chair	Artifacts; Furniture
9016	ear	Body Parts	→	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture
9017	feather	Body Parts; Animal Body Parts	→	pillow	Artifacts; Furniture
9619	line	Shape	→	table, desk	Artifacts; Furniture
10009	shelf	Furniture	→	ceiling	Parts; Parts of Buildings