bull
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- horn part meronym
Sense 2 verb
push or force
He bulled through his demands
Types & categories
- push hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a large and strong and heavyset man
he was a bull of a man
Types & categories
- man hypernym
Related & opposite
- bruise derivation
Sense 4 verb
try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
Types & categories
- job hypernym
Related & opposite
- bull derivation
- investment domain topic
- bull verb group
Sense 5 noun
obscene words for unacceptable behavior
I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk
Types & categories
- bunkum hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it
Types & categories
- pretend hypernym
Related & opposite
- fake derivation
- bullshit derivation
- role player derivation
Sense 7 noun
a serious and ludicrous blunder
he made a bad bull of the assignment
Types & categories
- blunder hypernym
Sense 8 verb
advance in price
stocks were bulling
Types & categories
- rise hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Types & categories
- policeman hypernym
Related & opposite
- arrest derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 10 noun
an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
Types & categories
- investor hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 noun
the center of a target
Types & categories
- midpoint hypernym
Parts & wholes
- target part holonym
Sense 12 noun
a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)
Types & categories
- decree hypernym
Sense 13 noun
mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
Types & categories
- placental hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | horn |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cattle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bullock |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bruise |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | man |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bull |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | investment |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | bull |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | job |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | bullshit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | icky |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | vulgarism |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | bunkum |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fake |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bullshit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | role player |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | pretend |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | bull |
| 8 | verb group | Related & opposite | bull |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | rise |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | arrest |
| 9 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | policeman |
| 10 | antonym | Related & opposite | bear |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | bull |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | bull |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | investor |
| 11 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | target |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | midpoint |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | decree |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | placental |