muzzle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the open circular discharging end of a gun
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- gun part holonym
Sense 2 verb
fit with a muzzle
muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers
Types & categories
- outfit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose
Types & categories
- face hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 4 verb
prevent from speaking out
The press was gagged
Types & categories
- silence hypernym
Related & opposite
- gag derivation
Sense 5 noun
a leather or wire restraint that fits over an animal's snout (especially a dog's nose and jaws) and prevents it from eating or biting
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
Related & opposite
- muzzle derivation
Sense 6 verb
tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
Types & categories
- tie hypernym
Related & opposite
- gag derivation
Sense 7 noun
restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
Types & categories
- constraint hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | gun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | opening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gunpoint |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | unmuzzle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muzzle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | muzzler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | outfit |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | head |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | neb |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | face |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | silence |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | muzzle |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | tie |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | muzzle |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | gag |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | constraint |