hamstring
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
one of the tendons at the back of the knee
Types & categories
- sinew hypernym
Related & opposite
- hamstring derivation
Sense 2 verb
make ineffective or powerless
The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules
Types & categories
- rag hypernym
Sense 3 verb
cripple by cutting the hamstring
Types & categories
- lame hypernym
Related & opposite
- hamstring derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hamstring |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sinew |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | rag |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hamstring |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | lame |