dissipate
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
to cause to separate and go in different directions
She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dispersal derivation
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Sense 2 verb
move away from each other
The crowds dispersed
Types & categories
- part hypernym
- aerosolise hyponym
- break hyponym
- volley hyponym
Related & opposite
- strewing derivation
- scatter derivation
- dispersion derivation
- dissipation derivation
Sense 3 verb
spend frivolously and unwisely
Fritter away one's inheritance
Types & categories
- ware hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Types & categories
- live hypernym
Related & opposite
- dissipation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | divide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disband |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strewing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | scatter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispersion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aerosolise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | volley |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | waste |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | wipe out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | ware |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissipation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | live |