bubble
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
Types & categories
- globule hypernym
- air bubble hyponym
- foam hyponym
- soap bubble hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
form, produce, or emit bubbles
The soup was bubbling
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bubble over also see
- bubble derivation
Sense 3 noun
a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control
his proposal was nothing but a house of cards
Types & categories
- scheme hypernym
Sense 4 verb
flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
babbling brooks
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
an impracticable and illusory idea
he didn't want to burst the newcomer's bubble
Types & categories
- fancy hypernym
Sense 6 verb
rise in bubbles or as if in bubbles
bubble to the surface
Types & categories
- rise hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Sense 8 verb
cause to form bubbles
bubble gas through a liquid
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- bubble causes
Sense 9 verb
expel gas from the stomach
In China it is polite to burp at the table
Types & categories
- emit hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gurgle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | globule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | air bubble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soap bubble |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | bubble over |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | emit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fizz |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scheme |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | riffle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gurgle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | gurgle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fancy |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | rise |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 8 | causes | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | belch |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubble |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | emit |