nick

noun

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; Click any word to expand it.

Senses

Sense 1 noun

an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

Types & categories

blemish hypernym
dig hyponym

Related & opposite

dent derivation
gouge derivation

Sense 2 verb

cut slightly, with a razor

The barber's knife nicked his cheek

Types & categories

cut hypernym

Related & opposite

snick derivation

Sense 3 noun

(British slang) a prison

he's in the nick

Types & categories

prison hypernym

Related & opposite

Great Britain domain region
jargon domain usage

Sense 4 verb

cut a nick into

Types & categories

cut hypernym

Related & opposite

snick derivation
chip derivation

Sense 5 noun

a small cut

Types & categories

cutting hypernym

Related & opposite

notch derivation
chip derivation
nick derivation
notch derivation

Sense 6 verb

divide or reset the tail muscles of

nick horses

Types & categories

change hypernym

Sense 7 verb

mate successfully; of livestock

Types & categories

mate hypernym

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Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	dent
1	derivation	Related & opposite	gouge
1	hypernym	Types & categories	blemish
1	hyponym	Types & categories	dig
2	derivation	Related & opposite	snick
2	hypernym	Types & categories	cut
3	domain region	Related & opposite	Great Britain
3	domain usage	Related & opposite	jargon
3	hypernym	Types & categories	prison
4	derivation	Related & opposite	snick
4	derivation	Related & opposite	chip
4	hypernym	Types & categories	cut
5	derivation	Related & opposite	notch
5	derivation	Related & opposite	chip
5	derivation	Related & opposite	nick
5	derivation	Related & opposite	notch
5	hypernym	Types & categories	cutting
6	hypernym	Types & categories	change
7	hypernym	Types & categories	mate