dab
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a light touch or stroke
Types & categories
- touching hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
apply (usually a liquid) to a surface
dab the wall with paint
Types & categories
- apply hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a small quantity of something moist or liquid
a dab of paint
Types & categories
- small indefinite quantity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
hit lightly
pat him on the shoulder
Types & categories
- strike hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pink |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swab |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | apply |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | splash |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spatter |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dab |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tap |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | strike |