draw a bead on
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
aim with a gun
The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit
Types & categories
- aim hypernym
Sense 2 verb
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- aspiration derivation
- ambition derivation
- aspirant derivation
- aspirant derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | aim |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspiration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambition |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspirant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aspirant |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plan |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overshoot |