prance
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a proud stiff pompous gait
Types & categories
- gait hypernym
Related & opposite
- strut derivation
Sense 2 verb
to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
spring forward on the hind legs
The young horse was prancing in the meadow
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- prance verb group
Sense 4 verb
cause (a horse) to bound spring forward
Types & categories
- ride hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
ride a horse such that it springs and bounds forward
Types & categories
- ride horseback hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strut |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strut |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prancer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | swaggerer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | prance |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | prance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride horseback |