beg
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
call upon in supplication; entreat
I beg you to stop!
Types & categories
- plead hypernym
- crave hyponym
- supplicate hyponym
- importune hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently
Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- solicitation derivation
- beggary derivation
- canvasser derivation
Sense 3 verb
ask to obtain free
beg money and food
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- beggary derivation
Sense 4 verb
dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted
beg the question
Types & categories
- sidestep hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | beg off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggary |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crave |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | supplicate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | importune |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | solicitation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggary |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | canvasser |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | quest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | canvas |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lobby |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beggary |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | request |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | schnorr |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | panhandle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sidestep |