lance
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 long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- barb part meronym
- spearpoint part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move quickly, as if by cutting one's way
Planes lanced towards the shore
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- fishing gear member holonym
Related & opposite
- spear derivation
Sense 4 verb
pierce with a lance, as in a knights' fight
Types & categories
- pierce hypernym
Related & opposite
- lance derivation
Sense 5 noun
a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for punctures and small incisions
Types & categories
- surgical knife hypernym
Related & opposite
- lance derivation
Sense 6 verb
open by piercing with a lancet
lance a boil
Types & categories
- open hypernym
Related & opposite
- lancet derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear up |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | barb |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spearpoint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assegai |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | javelin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trident |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing gear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | implement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | harpoon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | leister |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | surgical knife |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | lancet |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | open |