dimple
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
Types & categories
- chad hypernym
Sense 2 verb
mark with, or as if with, dimples
drops dimpled the smooth stream
Types & categories
- mark hypernym
Related & opposite
- dimple derivation
Sense 3 noun
any slight depression in a surface
there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball
Types & categories
- imprint hypernym
Related & opposite
- dimple derivation
Sense 4 verb
produce dimples while smiling
The child dimpled up to the adults
Types & categories
- smile hypernym
Related & opposite
- dimple derivation
Sense 5 noun
a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
His dimple appeared whenever he smiled
Types & categories
- imprint hypernym
Related & opposite
- dimple derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chad |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dimple |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mark |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dimple |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | imprint |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dimple |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | smile |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dimple |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | imprint |