kite
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
Types & categories
- check hypernym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Sense 2 verb
increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
He kited many checks
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Sense 3 noun
a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
Types & categories
- check hypernym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Sense 4 verb
get credit or money by using a bad check
The businessman kited millions of dollars
Types & categories
- obtain hypernym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Sense 5 noun
plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string
Types & categories
- toy hypernym
- box kite hyponym
- sport kite hyponym
Parts & wholes
- kite tail part meronym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Sense 6 verb
soar or fly like a kite
The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains
Types & categories
- glide hypernym
Related & opposite
- air travel domain topic
Sense 7 noun
any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals
Types & categories
- hawk hypernym
- black kite hyponym
- swallow-tailed kite hyponym
- white-tailed kite hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Accipitridae member holonym
Sense 8 verb
fly a kite
Kids were kiting in the park
Types & categories
- fly hypernym
Related & opposite
- kite derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | check |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | check |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | obtain |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | kite tail |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | toy |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | box kite |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sport kite |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | air travel |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | glide |
| 7 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Accipitridae |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | hawk |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | black kite |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | swallow-tailed kite |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | white-tailed kite |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | kite |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | fly |