noose
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
Types & categories
- trap hypernym
Parts & wholes
- slipknot part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make a noose in or of
Types & categories
- loop hypernym
Related & opposite
- running noose derivation
Sense 3 noun
a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- hangman's rope part holonym
- lariat part holonym
- slipknot part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
secure with a noose
Types & categories
- fasten hypernym
Related & opposite
- running noose derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | trammel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | slipknot |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | running noose |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | loop |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | noose |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | noose |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | hangman's rope |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | lariat |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | slipknot |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | loop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | clench |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | running noose |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fasten |