nibble
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a small byte
Types & categories
- computer memory unit hypernym
Parts & wholes
- byte part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
bite off very small pieces
She nibbled on her cracker
Types & categories
- bite hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
gentle biting
Types & categories
- chomp hypernym
Related & opposite
- nibble derivation
Sense 4 verb
bite gently
The woman tenderly nibbled at her baby's ear
Types & categories
- bite hypernym
Related & opposite
- nibble derivation
Sense 5 verb
eat intermittently; take small bites of
He pieced at the sandwich all morning
Types & categories
- eat hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | byte |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | computer memory unit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibbler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bite |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | chomp |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bite |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slice |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibbler |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nibble |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |