blink
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly
Types & categories
- reflex hypernym
- palpebration hyponym
Related & opposite
- blink derivation
- blink away derivation
Sense 2 verb
briefly shut the eyes
The TV announcer never seems to blink
Types & categories
- act involuntarily hypernym
- palpebrate hyponym
- bat hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
force to go away by blinking
blink away tears
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
gleam or glow intermittently
The lights were flashing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- blinker derivation
- flash derivation
- turn signal derivation
- twinkle derivation
- twinkler derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blink away |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | reflex |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palpebration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blink |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | winker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act involuntarily |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palpebrate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blink |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | wink |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blinker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn signal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | flick |