mouse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
Types & categories
- rodent hypernym
- house mouse hyponym
- Micromyx minutus hyponym
- fieldmouse hyponym
- nude mouse hyponym
- wood mouse hyponym
Related & opposite
- mousey derivation
Sense 2 verb
to go stealthily or furtively
..stead of sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
Types & categories
- contusion hypernym
Sense 4 verb
manipulate the mouse of a computer
Types & categories
- manipulate hypernym
Related & opposite
- computer mouse derivation
Sense 5 noun
person who is quiet or timid
Types & categories
- person hypernym
Related & opposite
- mousy derivation
Sense 6 noun
a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad
a mouse takes much more room than a trackball
Types & categories
- electronic device hypernym
Parts & wholes
- mouse button part meronym
Related & opposite
- mouse derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mousey |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rodent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | house mouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Micromyx minutus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fieldmouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nude mouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wood mouse |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | slip away |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | creeper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | creep |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prowler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | contusion |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | computer mouse |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | manipulate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | mousy |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mouse |
| 6 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | mouse button |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | electronic device |