misfire
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an explosion that fails to occur
Types & categories
- equipment failure hypernym
Related & opposite
- misfire derivation
Sense 2 verb
fail to fire or detonate
The guns misfired
Types & categories
- conk out hypernym
Related & opposite
- misfire derivation
Sense 3 noun
a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)
Types & categories
- failure hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misfire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | equipment failure |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misfire |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | conk out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | miss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | miss |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | failure |