ligate
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
join letters in a ligature when writing
Types & categories
- bring together hypernym
Sense 2 verb
bind chemically
The enzyme ligated
Types & categories
- bind hypernym
Related & opposite
- chemistry domain topic
Sense 3 verb
bind with a bandage or ligature
ligate the artery
Types & categories
- bandage hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring together |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | chemistry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bind |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ligation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tying |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ligature |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | surgery |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bandage |