duck
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs
Types & categories
- anseriform bird hypernym
- drake hyponym
- quack-quack hyponym
- duckling hyponym
- diving duck hyponym
- dabbling duck hyponym
- mallard hyponym
- black duck hyponym
- teal hyponym
- widgeon hyponym
- Anas clypeata hyponym
- pintail hyponym
- sheldrake hyponym
- ruddy duck hyponym
- bufflehead hyponym
- Bucephela clangula hyponym
- canvasback hyponym
- pochard hyponym
- Aythya americana hyponym
- scaup hyponym
- wild duck hyponym
- wood duck hyponym
- mandarin duck hyponym
- muscovy duck hyponym
- sea duck hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- duckling derivation
Sense 2 verb
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away
Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 3 noun
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
Types & categories
- score hypernym
Related & opposite
- cricket domain topic
Sense 4 verb
submerge or plunge suddenly
Types & categories
- dive hypernym
Related & opposite
- dousing derivation
Sense 5 noun
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- duck part holonym
Related & opposite
- duckling derivation
Sense 6 verb
dip into a liquid
He dipped into the pool
Types & categories
- dunk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Sense 8 verb
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
He dodged the issue
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | duckling |
| 1 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Anatidae |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | duck down |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | duck |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | anseriform bird |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | quack-quack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | duckling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diving duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dabbling duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mallard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | black duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | widgeon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Anas clypeata |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pintail |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheldrake |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruddy duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bufflehead |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Bucephela clangula |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canvasback |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pochard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Aythya americana |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scaup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wild duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wood duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mandarin duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | muscovy duck |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sea duck |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cricket |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | score |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | dive |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | duckling |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | duck |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | poultry |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | duckling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | dousing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | plunge |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | dunk |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | avoidance |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | circumvention |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hedging |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodger |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hedger |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | beg |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | quibble |