brandish
noun
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of waving
Types & categories
- waving hypernym
Related & opposite
- brandish derivation
Sense 2 verb
move or swing back and forth
She waved her gun
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
exhibit aggressively
brandish a sword
Types & categories
- display hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | brandish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waving |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | brandish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | waver |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | hold |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | wigwag |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |