hitch
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a period of time spent in military service
Types & categories
- period hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
to hook or entangle
One foot caught in the stirrup
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the state of inactivity following an interruption
the negotiations were in arrest
Types & categories
- inactivity hypernym
- countercheck hyponym
- logjam hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury
The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
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Sense 5 noun
an unforeseen obstacle
Types & categories
- obstacle hypernym
Sense 6 verb
jump vertically, with legs stiff and back arched
the yung filly bucked
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a connection between a vehicle and the load that it pulls
Types & categories
- connector hypernym
Related & opposite
- hitch derivation
Sense 8 verb
travel by getting free rides from motorists
Types & categories
- ride hypernym
Related & opposite
- hitchhiker derivation
Sense 9 noun
a knot that can be undone by pulling against the strain that holds it; a temporary knot
Types & categories
- knot hypernym
- Blackwall hitch hyponym
- cat's-paw hyponym
- rolling hitch hyponym
- sheet bend hyponym
- timber hitch hyponym
Sense 10 verb
connect to a vehicle:
hitch the trailer to the car
Types & categories
- connect hypernym
Related & opposite
- hitch derivation
Sense 11 noun
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Types & categories
- obstruction hypernym
- clog hyponym
- speed bump hyponym
Related & opposite
- hinder derivation
- preventative derivation
Sense 12 noun
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
Types & categories
- gait hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | enlist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | muster in |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unhitch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | catch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | snag |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | check |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hold on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | halt |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | check |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inactivity |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | countercheck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | logjam |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | limp |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hobbler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lameness |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstacle |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | jerking |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | buck |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | hitch |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | connector |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | hitchhiker |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | knot |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | Blackwall hitch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat's-paw |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | rolling hitch |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheet bend |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | timber hitch |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | hitch |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | connect |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | hinder |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | preventative |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | obstruction |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | clog |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | speed bump |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | hobble |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | limp |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | gait |