lightning
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
Types & categories
- atmospheric electricity hypernym
- forked lightning hyponym
- bolt hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the flash of light that accompanies an electric discharge in the atmosphere (or something resembling such a flash); can scintillate for a second or more
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
- heat lightning hyponym
- sheet lighting hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | atmospheric electricity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | forked lightning |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bolt |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | heat lightning |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sheet lighting |