convulse
verb
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make someone convulse with laughter
The comedian convulsed the crowd
Types & categories
- amuse hypernym
Related & opposite
- convulse causes
- convulsion derivation
- convulsive derivation
Sense 2 verb
be overcome with laughter
Types & categories
- laugh hypernym
Related & opposite
- convulsive derivation
Sense 3 verb
move or stir about violently
The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
shake uncontrollably
earthquakes convulsed the countryside
Types & categories
- shake hypernym
Sense 5 verb
cause to contract
The spasm convulses her facial muscles
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Related & opposite
- convulsion derivation
- spasmodic derivation
- convulse verb group
Sense 6 verb
contract involuntarily, as in a spasm
The muscles in her face convulsed
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Related & opposite
- convulsion derivation
- spasmodic derivation
- convulse verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | convulse |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | convulsion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | convulsive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | amuse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | convulsive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | laugh |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | jactation |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | shake |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | whip |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | shake |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | convulsion |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spasmodic |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | convulse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | convulsion |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spasmodic |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | convulse |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |