muff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a warm tubular covering for the hands
Types & categories
- handwear hypernym
Sense 2 verb
fail to catch, as of a ball
Types & categories
- fail hypernym
Related & opposite
- fumble derivation
Sense 3 noun
(sports) dropping the ball
Types & categories
- blunder hypernym
Related & opposite
- fumble derivation
- muff derivation
- American football domain topic
- baseball domain topic
Sense 4 verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
Types & categories
- miscarry hypernym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | handwear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fumble |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fail |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fumble |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muff |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | American football |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | baseball |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunder |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballup |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | screwup |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuckup |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | miscarry |