faggot
noun
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 noun
offensive term for an openly homosexual man
Types & categories
- gay man hypernym
Related & opposite
- derogation domain usage
Sense 2 verb
ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch
He fagotted the blouse for his wife
Types & categories
- embroider hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a bundle of sticks and branches bound together
Types & categories
- sheaf hypernym
Sense 4 verb
fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them
Types & categories
- tie down hypernym
Related & opposite
- metallurgy domain topic
Sense 5 verb
bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot
faggot up the sticks
Types & categories
- tie down hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | derogation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gay man |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | embroider |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sheaf |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | metallurgy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie down |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie down |