halter
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading
Types & categories
- headgear hypernym
Parts & wholes
- harness part holonym
Sense 2 verb
hang with a halter
Types & categories
- string up hypernym
Related & opposite
- hangman's rope derivation
Sense 3 noun
a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging
Types & categories
- rope hypernym
Parts & wholes
- gallows part holonym
- running noose part meronym
Related & opposite
- halter derivation
Sense 4 verb
prevent the progress or free movement of
He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
Types & categories
- throttle hypernym
Related & opposite
- hamper derivation
Sense 5 noun
a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered
Types & categories
- top hypernym
Sense 6 noun
either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
Types & categories
- wing hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dipterous insect part holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | harness |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | headgear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hangman's rope |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | string up |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | halter |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gallows |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | running noose |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rope |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hamper |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | throttle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | top |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | balance |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | balance |
| 6 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dipterous insect |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | wing |