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Noun nut has 7 senses

nut - usually large hard-shelled seed
--₁ is a kind of seed
--₁ has particulars:
edible nut; cembra nut, cedar nut; kola nut, cola nut; mast; palm nut, palm kernel; nutlet

Derived form: verb nut₁
Nut - Egyptian goddess of the sky
--₂ is a kind of Egyptian deity
nut - a small (usually square or hexagonal) metal block with internal screw thread to be fitted onto a bolt
--₃ is a kind of block
--₃ is a part of nut and bolt
--₃ has particulars:
hex nut; locknut, safety nut; square nut; stuffing nut, packing nut; wing nut, wing-nut, wing screw, butterfly nut, thumbnut
en, nut - half the width of an em
--₄ is a kind of linear unit
--₄ is a part of em, pica em, pica
crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball - a whimsically eccentric person
--₅ is a kind of eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
addict, nut, freak, junkie, junky - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction; "a golf addict"; "a car nut"; "a news junkie"
--₆ is a kind of enthusiast, partisan, partizan
--₆ has particulars: gym rat
testis, testicle, orchis, ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg - one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"
--₇ is a kind of male reproductive gland; gonad, sex gland
--₇ is a part of
male reproductive system; male genitalia, male genitals, male genital organ, family jewels
--₇ has parts:
testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis; testicular vein, vena testicularis; seminiferous tubule; epididymis; rete testis; vas deferens, ductus deferens; spermatic cord
--₇ has particulars: cobblers; undescended testis, undescended testicle

Verb nut has 1 sense

nut - gather nuts
--₁ is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together

Derived form: noun nut₁
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and nut