bilk
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
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money
Types & categories
- cheat hypernym
Sense 2 verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
- disappoint hyponym
- dash hyponym
- short-circuit hyponym
- ruin hyponym
Related & opposite
- double cross also see
- thwarting derivation
- frustration derivation
- frustration derivation
- obstructor derivation
- crown of thorns derivation
- thwarting derivation
Sense 3 verb
evade payment to
He bilked his creditors
Types & categories
- deprive hypernym
Sense 4 verb
escape, either physically or mentally
The thief eluded the police
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheat |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | double cross |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crown of thorns |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappoint |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-circuit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | deprive |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | evasion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | elusive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |