opalesce
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
reflect light or colors like an opal
Distant clouds opalesce like pale brocade
Types & categories
- shine hypernym
Related & opposite
- opalescence derivation
- opalescent derivation
Sense 2 verb
exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal
This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions
Types & categories
- iridesce hypernym
Related & opposite
- opalescence derivation
- opalescent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opalescence |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | opalescent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | shine |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opalescence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | opalescent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | iridesce |