detain
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
deprive of freedom; take into confinement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- free antonym
- confinement derivation
- detention derivation
- detainee derivation
- custody derivation
Sense 2 verb
stop or halt
Please stay the bloodshed!
Types & categories
- retard hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
cause to be slowed down or delayed
Traffic was delayed by the bad weather
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | free |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confinement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detention |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detainee |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | custody |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | straiten |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bind over |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | imprison |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cage |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | keep in |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdup |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stay |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | retard |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | hurry |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | holdup |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | slow down |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stonewall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | catch |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stall |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | buy time |