gauntlet
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
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
to offer or accept a challenge
threw down the gauntlet
Types & categories
- challenge hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
Types & categories
- glove hypernym
Parts & wholes
- body armor part holonym
Sense 3 noun
a glove with long sleeve
Types & categories
- glove hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
Types & categories
- corporal punishment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | challenge |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | body armor |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | glove |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | glove |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | corporal punishment |