beckon
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
signal with the hands or nod
She waved to her friends
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
appear inviting
The shop window decorations beckoned
Types & categories
- attract hypernym
Sense 3 verb
summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
Types & categories
- summon hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waving |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attract |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | summon |