heel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
Types & categories
- bottom hypernym
- Cuban heel hyponym
- French heel hyponym
- spike heel hyponym
- stacked heel hyponym
- wedge heel hyponym
- wineglass heel hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
tilt to one side
The balloon heeled over
Types & categories
- tilt hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the back part of the human foot
Types & categories
- skeletal structure hypernym
Parts & wholes
- foot part holonym
- Achilles tendon part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
follow at the heels of a person
Types & categories
- travel along hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
someone who is morally reprehensible
you dirty dog
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- scoundrelly derivation
Sense 6 verb
perform with the heels
heel that dance
Types & categories
- trip the light fantastic hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread
Types & categories
- end hypernym
Parts & wholes
- loaf part holonym
Sense 8 verb
strike with the heel of the club
heel a golf ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
the lower end of a ship's mast
Types & categories
- end hypernym
Sense 10 verb
put a new heel on
heel shoes
Types & categories
- fix hypernym
Sense 11 noun
(golf) the part of the clubhead where it joins the shaft
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Parts & wholes
- golf-club head part holonym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | boot |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shoe |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lift |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bottom |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Cuban heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | French heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spike heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stacked heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wedge heel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wineglass heel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lean |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | list |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | tilt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | foot |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | Achilles tendon |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | skeletal structure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | travel along |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | scoundrelly |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | villain |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | perisher |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | dancing |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | dance |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | trip the light fantastic |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | loaf |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 8 | domain topic | Related & opposite | golf |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | end |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | fix |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | heel |
| 11 | domain topic | Related & opposite | golf |
| 11 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | golf-club head |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |