lob
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc
Types & categories
- return hypernym
Related & opposite
- lob derivation
Sense 2 verb
propel in a high arc
lob the tennis ball
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc
Types & categories
- actuation hypernym
Related & opposite
- lob derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lob |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | return |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lob |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lob |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lob |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | actuation |