Sell vs. Hawk

Sell and Hawk Definitions
Sell
To exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent
We sold our old car for a modest sum.
Hawk
Any of various birds of prey, especially of the genera Accipiter and Buteo in the family Accipitridae, characteristically having a short hooked bill and strong claws used for seizing.
Sell
To offer or have available for sale
The store sells health foods.
Hawk
Any of various similar birds of prey.
Sell
To give up or surrender in exchange for a price or reward
Sell one's soul to the devil.
Hawk
A person who preys on others; a shark.
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Sell
To be purchased in (a certain quantity); achieve sales of
A book that sold a million copies.
Hawk
One who demonstrates an actively aggressive or combative attitude, as in an argument.
Sell
To bring about or encourage sales of; promote
Good publicity sold the product.
Hawk
A person who favors military force or action in order to carry out foreign policy.
Sell
To cause to be accepted; advocate successfully
We sold the proposal to the school committee.
Hawk
An audible effort to clear the throat by expelling phlegm.
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Sell
To persuade (another) to recognize the worth or desirability of something
They sold me on the idea.
Hawk
To hunt with trained hawks.
Sell
To exchange ownership for money or its equivalent; engage in selling
Are any of the fruit vendors still selling?.
Hawk
To swoop and strike in the manner of a hawk
"It was fun to watch the scattered snail kites ... lifting and falling in the wind as they hawked across the shining grass and water" (Peter Matthiessen).
Sell
To be sold or be on sale
Grapes are selling high this season.
Hawk
To peddle goods aggressively, especially by calling out.
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Sell
To attract prospective buyers; be popular on the market
An item that doesn't sell.
Hawk
To peddle (goods) aggressively, especially by calling out.
Sell
To be approved of; gain acceptance
An idea that just wouldn't sell.
Hawk
To clear or attempt to clear the throat by or as if by coughing up phlegm.
Sell
An act or instance of selling
Ordered a sell of his shares in the company.
Hawk
To clear the throat of (phlegm).
Sell
Something that sells or gains acceptance in a particular way
Their program to raise taxes will be a difficult sell.
Hawk
A diurnal predatory bird of the family Accipitridae, smaller than an eagle.
It is illegal to hunt hawks or other raptors in many parts of the world.
Sell
(Slang) A deception; a hoax.
Hawk
Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.
Sell
To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
I'll sell you three books for a hundred dollars.
Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell.
Hawk
(entomology) Any of various species of dragonfly of the genera Apocordulia and Austrocordulia, endemic to Australia.
Sell
(ergative) To be sold.
This old stock will never sell.
The corn sold for a good price.
Hawk
(politics) An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.
Sell
To promote a product or service.
Hawk
(game theory) An uncooperative or purely-selfish participant in an exchange or game, especially when untrusting, acquisitive or treacherous. Refers specifically to the Prisoner's Dilemma, alias the Hawk-Dove game.
Sell
To promote a particular viewpoint.
My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally.
Hawk
A plasterer's tool, made of a flat surface with a handle below, used to hold an amount of plaster prior to application to the wall or ceiling being worked on: a mortarboard.
Sell
To betray for money or other things.
Hawk
A noisy effort to force up phlegm from the throat.
Sell
(slang) To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.
Hawk
(transitive) To hunt with a hawk.
Sell
To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.
Hawk
(intransitive) To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk.
To hawk at flies
Sell
To work as a prostitute.
Hawk
(transitive) To sell; to offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle.
The vendors were hawking their wares from little tables lining either side of the market square.
Sell
An act of selling; sale.
Hawk
To expectorate, to cough up something from one's throat.
Sell
The promotion of an idea for acceptance.
This is going to be a tough sell.
Hawk
To try to cough up something from one's throat; to clear the throat loudly.
Grandpa sat on the front porch, hawking and wheezing, as he packed his pipe with cheap tobacco.
Sell
An easy task.
Hawk
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidæ. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
Sell
An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.
Hawk
An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
Sell
(obsolete) A seat or stool.
Hawk
A small board, with a handle on the under side, to hold mortar.
Sell
(archaic) A saddle.
Hawk
To catch, or attempt to catch, birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
A falconer Henry is, when Emma hawks.
Sell
A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).
He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ".
Hawk
To make an attack while on the wing; to soar and strike like a hawk; - generally with at; as, to hawk at flies.
A falcon, towering in her pride of place,Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Sell
Self.
Hawk
To clear the throat with an audible sound by forcing an expiratory current of air through the narrow passage between the depressed soft palate and the root of the tongue, thus aiding in the removal of foreign substances.
Sell
A sill.
Hawk
To raise by hawking, as phlegm.
Sell
A cell; a house.
Hawk
To offer for sale by outcry in the street; to carry (merchandise) about from place to place for sale; to peddle; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
His works were hawked in every street.
Sell
A saddle for a horse.
He left his lofty steed with golden self.
Hawk
Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail
Sell
A throne or lofty seat.
Hawk
An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations
Sell
An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
Hawk
A square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar
Sell
To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy.
If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor.
I am changed; I'll go sell all my land.
Hawk
Sell or offer for sale from place to place
Sell
To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray.
You would have sold your king to slaughter.
Hawk
Hunt with hawks;
The Arabs like to hawk in the desert
Sell
To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat.
Hawk
Clear mucus or food from one's throat;
He cleared his throat before he started to speak
Sell
To practice selling commodities.
I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you.
Sell
To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price.
Sell
The activity of persuading someone to buy;
It was a hard sell
Sell
Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent;
He sold his house in January
She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit
Sell
Be sold at a certain price or in a certain way;
These books sell like hot cakes
Sell
Do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood;
She deals in gold
The brothers sell shoes
Sell
Persuade somebody to accept something;
The French try to sell us their image as great lovers
Sell
Give up for a price or reward;
She sold her principles for a successful career
Sell
Deliver to an enemy by treachery;
Judas sold Jesus
The spy betrayed his country
Sell
Be approved of or gain acceptance;
The new idea sold well in certain circles
Sell
Be responsible for the sale of;
All her publicity sold the products