beetle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
Types & categories
- insect hypernym
- tiger beetle hyponym
- ladybug hyponym
- ground beetle hyponym
- lightning bug hyponym
- long-horned beetle hyponym
- leaf beetle hyponym
- carpet beetle hyponym
- clerid beetle hyponym
- lamellicorn beetle hyponym
- elaterid beetle hyponym
- water beetle hyponym
- whirligig beetle hyponym
- deathwatch beetle hyponym
- weevil hyponym
- blister beetle hyponym
- bark beetle hyponym
- rove beetle hyponym
- Asian longhorned beetle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Coleoptera member holonym
Sense 2 verb
be suspended over or hang over
This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
Types & categories
- hang hypernym
Related & opposite
- overhang derivation
Sense 3 adjective
jutting or overhanging
beetle brows
Related & opposite
- protrusive similar to
Sense 4 noun
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
Types & categories
- hammer hypernym
- carpenter's mallet hyponym
- gavel hyponym
Related & opposite
- beetle derivation
Sense 5 verb
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
He beetled up the staircase
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 6 verb
beat with a beetle
Types & categories
- beat hypernym
Related & opposite
- beetle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Coleoptera |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | insect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tiger beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ladybug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lightning bug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | long-horned beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | leaf beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpet beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clerid beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lamellicorn beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elaterid beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | water beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirligig beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | deathwatch beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weevil |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blister beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bark beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rove beetle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Asian longhorned beetle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overhang |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hang |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | protrusive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | beetle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hammer |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpenter's mallet |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | gavel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | beetle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | beat |