Lexicarta

piggyback

noun

Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
Word type
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
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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

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Sense 2 verb

ride on someone's shoulders or back

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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

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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

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Sense 7 verb

support on the back and shoulders

He piggybacked her child so she could see the show

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Sense 8 verb

bring into alignment with

an amendment to piggyback the current law

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SenseRelationGroupWord
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