batter
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting
Types & categories
- ballplayer hypernym
- bunter hyponym
- designated hitter hyponym
- pinch hitter hyponym
- switch-hitter hyponym
- whiffer hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
strike against forcefully
Winds buffeted the tent
Types & categories
- strike hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking
Types & categories
- intermixture hypernym
- puff batter hyponym
- pancake batter hyponym
- fritter batter hyponym
Sense 4 verb
strike violently and repeatedly
She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
Types & categories
- beat up hypernym
Sense 5 verb
make a dent or impression in
dinge a soft hat
Types & categories
- change shape hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slug |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ballplayer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bunter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | designated hitter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinch hitter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | switch-hitter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whiffer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | intermixture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | puff batter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pancake batter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fritter batter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat up |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change shape |