badger
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
annoy persistently
The children teased the boy because of his stammer
Types & categories
- rag hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
Types & categories
- musteline mammal hypernym
- American badger hyponym
- Eurasian badger hyponym
- ferret badger hyponym
- hog badger hyponym
Sense 3 verb
persuade through constant efforts
Types & categories
- persuade hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | teasing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heckler |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gadfly |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tease |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | musteline mammal |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | American badger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Eurasian badger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ferret badger |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hog badger |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | persuade |