impound
verb
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
The FBI seized the drugs
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- seizure derivation
- confiscation derivation
- impoundment derivation
- requisition derivation
- attachment derivation
- sequester verb group
Sense 2 verb
place or shut up in a pound
pound the cows so they don't stray
Types & categories
- restrain hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | seizure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | confiscation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | impoundment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | requisition |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | attachment |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | sequester |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garnish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distrain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dog pound |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | pound up |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | restrain |