foment
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
try to stir up public opinion
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- instigation derivation
- agitator derivation
Sense 2 verb
bathe with warm water or medicated lotions
His legs should be fomented
Types & categories
- bath hypernym
Related & opposite
- fomentation derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | agitator |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | provoke |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rumpus |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fomentation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bath |