crank
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bad-tempered person
Types & categories
- unpleasant person hypernym
- crabby person hyponym
- hothead hyponym
- misanthrope hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
travel along a zigzag path
The river zigzags through the countryside
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a whimsically eccentric person
Types & categories
- eccentric hypernym
Related & opposite
- screwball derivation
Sense 5 verb
start by cranking
crank up the engine
Types & categories
- start up hypernym
Sense 6 noun
an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
Types & categories
- amphetamine hypernym
- controlled substance hypernym
Sense 7 verb
rotate with a crank
Types & categories
- circumvolve hypernym
Related & opposite
- crank derivation
Sense 8 noun
a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
Types & categories
- hand tool hypernym
- crank handle hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
fasten with a crank
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Sense 10 verb
bend into the shape of a crank
Types & categories
- twist hypernym
Related & opposite
- crank derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grumble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fussy |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | irritable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crabby person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hothead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | misanthrope |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | zigzag |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | turn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | boat |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unstable |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screwball |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | eccentric |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | start up |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | amphetamine |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | controlled substance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | crank |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | circumvolve |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crank |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | crank up |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand tool |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | crank handle |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | crank |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | twist |