accost
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
speak to someone
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- addressee derivation
Sense 2 verb
approach with an offer of sexual favors
he was solicited by a prostitute
Types & categories
- offer hypernym
Related & opposite
- solicitation derivation
- snare verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | addressee |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | come |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | greet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | approach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | solicitation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | snare |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | offer |