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verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
succeed in obtaining a position
He nailed down a spot at Harvard
Types & categories
- bring home the bacon hypernym
Sense 2 verb
define clearly
I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
Types & categories
- determine hypernym
- concretize hyponym
Related & opposite
- specifier derivation
Sense 3 verb
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
let's finalize the proposal
Types & categories
- terminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- settle on also see
- finalization derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring home the bacon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | specifier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | determine |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | concretize |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | settle on |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | finalization |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | terminate |