piggyback
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of carrying something piggyback
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Sense 2 verb
ride on someone's shoulders or back
Types & categories
- ride hypernym
Sense 3 adverb
on a railroad flatcar
the trailer rode piggyback across the country
Sense 4 verb
haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars
Types & categories
- haul hypernym
Sense 5 adverb
on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip
she carried her child piggyback
Sense 6 verb
haul by railroad car
Types & categories
- haul hypernym
Sense 7 verb
support on the back and shoulders
He piggybacked her child so she could see the show
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Sense 8 verb
bring into alignment with
an amendment to piggyback the current law
Types & categories
- change hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | haul |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | haul |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |