cocoon
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
silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
Types & categories
- natural object hypernym
Related & opposite
- cocoon derivation
Sense 2 verb
retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment
Families cocoon around the T.V. set most evenings
Types & categories
- retreat hypernym
Sense 3 verb
wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
Types & categories
- enclose hypernym
Related & opposite
- cocoon derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cocoon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | natural object |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | retreat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cocoon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | enclose |