dissect
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cut open or cut apart
dissect the bodies for analysis
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dissection derivation
Sense 2 verb
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
analyze a specimen
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- synthesize antonym
- dissection derivation
- analyzer derivation
- partitioning derivation
- dissection derivation
- analyst derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissection |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vivisect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | anatomize |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | synthesize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | analyzer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | partitioning |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | analyst |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | parse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | botanize |