licking
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
it was a narrow defeat
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Sense 2 noun
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | victory |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defeatist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | vote down |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conclusion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heartbreaker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lurch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shutout |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thrashing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waterloo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whitewash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beat up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whack |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrash |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | corporal punishment |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | whipping |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flagellation |