barb
noun
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 noun
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
his parting shot was `drop dead'
Types & categories
- remark hypernym
- cheap shot hyponym
Related & opposite
- jeer derivation
Sense 2 verb
provide with barbs
barbed wire
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- barb derivation
Sense 3 noun
the pointed part of barbed wire
Types & categories
- point hypernym
Parts & wholes
- barbed wire part holonym
Related & opposite
- barb derivation
Sense 4 noun
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 5 noun
one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
Types & categories
- filament hypernym
Parts & wholes
- web part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jeer |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | remark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheap shot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barb |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | barb |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | barbed wire |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arrowhead |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hook |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | point |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluke |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | web |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | filament |