crab
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
Types & categories
- decapod hypernym
- Menippe mercenaria hyponym
- hard-shell crab hyponym
- soft-shell crab hyponym
- Cancer magister hyponym
- rock crab hyponym
- Jonah crab hyponym
- swimming crab hyponym
- fiddler crab hyponym
- pea crab hyponym
- Paralithodes camtschatica hyponym
- spider crab hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Brachyura member holonym
Related & opposite
- crab derivation
Sense 2 verb
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
Types & categories
- maneuver hypernym
Related & opposite
- air travel domain topic
Sense 3 noun
a quarrelsome grouch
Types & categories
- crank hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
scurry sideways like a crab
Types & categories
- scamper hypernym
Sense 5 verb
fish for crab
Types & categories
- fish hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
complain
What was he hollering about?
Types & categories
- plain hypernym
Related & opposite
- gripe derivation
- crabby person derivation
- squawker derivation
Sense 7 noun
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
Types & categories
- shellfish hypernym
- blue crab hyponym
- crab legs hyponym
- soft-shell crab hyponym
- Japanese crab hyponym
- king crab hyponym
- Dungeness crab hyponym
- stone crab hyponym
Parts & wholes
- crab cocktail part holonym
Related & opposite
- crab derivation
Sense 8 noun
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
Types & categories
- louse hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Phthirius member holonym
Sense 9 noun
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
he caught a crab and lost the race
Types & categories
- rowing hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crab |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Brachyura |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decapod |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Menippe mercenaria |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hard-shell crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft-shell crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cancer magister |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rock crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Jonah crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swimming crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fiddler crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pea crab |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Paralithodes camtschatica |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spider crab |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | air travel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | maneuver |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bitch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fussy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | crank |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | scamper |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crab |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | crabmeat |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | fish |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | gripe |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crabby person |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | squawker |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | plain |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | crab |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | crab cocktail |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | shellfish |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | blue crab |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | crab legs |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | soft-shell crab |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | Japanese crab |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | king crab |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | Dungeness crab |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | stone crab |
| 8 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Phthirius |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | louse |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | rowing |