beetle
noun
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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
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Sense 2 verb
be suspended over or hang over
This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town
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Sense 3 adjective
jutting or overhanging
beetle brows
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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
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Sense 5 verb
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
He beetled up the staircase
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Sense 6 verb
beat with a beetle
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| 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 |