gouge
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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Sense 2 verb
force with the thumb
gouge out his eyes
Types & categories
- mar hypernym
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Sense 3 noun
and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting channels or grooves
Types & categories
- edge tool hypernym
Related & opposite
- gouge derivation
Sense 4 verb
obtain by coercion or intimidation
They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss
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Related & opposite
- extortion derivation
- power play derivation
- swindler derivation
- extortion derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of gouging
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- creating by removal hypernym
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- gouge derivation
Sense 6 verb
make a groove in
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- hollow out hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | blemish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dig |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | gouge out |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouger |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | mar |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge tool |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | power play |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | swindler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | extortion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | plume |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bleed |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating by removal |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | gouge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | nick |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hollow out |