cat's-paw
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
a person used by another to gain an end
Types & categories
- helper hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked
Types & categories
- hitch hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | helper |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hitch |