peg
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
succeed in obtaining a position
He nailed down a spot at Harvard
Types & categories
- bring home the bacon hypernym
Sense 3 noun
small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.
Types & categories
- marking hypernym
Related & opposite
- peg derivation
Sense 4 verb
pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into
Types & categories
- pierce hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
informal terms for the leg
fever left him weak on his sticks
Types & categories
- leg hypernym
Sense 6 verb
fasten or secure with a wooden pin
peg a tent
Types & categories
- attach hypernym
Related & opposite
- narrow down also see
- nog derivation
Sense 7 noun
a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg
Types & categories
- prosthesis hypernym
Sense 8 verb
stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations
The weak currency was pegged to the US Dollar
Types & categories
- stabilize hypernym
Sense 9 noun
regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument
Types & categories
- regulator hypernym
Parts & wholes
- stringed instrument part holonym
Sense 10 noun
a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing
Types & categories
- holder hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dory part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peg down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | peg |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | golf tee |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tent peg |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | treenail |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring home the bacon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peg |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | marking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | nog |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | peg |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | pierce |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | leg |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | narrow down |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | nog |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | prosthesis |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | stabilize |
| 9 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stringed instrument |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | regulator |
| 10 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | dory |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | holder |