blister
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
Types & categories
- flaw hypernym
Sense 2 verb
get blistered
Her feet blistered during the long hike
Types & categories
- swell up hypernym
Related & opposite
- bulla derivation
- vesiculation derivation
- vesicant derivation
- blister verb group
Sense 3 noun
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Types & categories
- plant process hypernym
Related & opposite
- phytology domain topic
Sense 4 verb
subject to harsh criticism
The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
Types & categories
- lash out hypernym
Sense 5 noun
(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Types & categories
- vesicle hypernym
- water blister hyponym
- blood blister hyponym
- pustule hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
cause blisters to form on
the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- blister verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bulla |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vesiculation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vesicant |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | blister |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | swell up |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant process |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lash out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blister |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | blebby |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | pathology |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | vesicle |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | water blister |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | blood blister |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | pustule |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | blister |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |