protect
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
Types & categories
- defend hypernym
- cover for hyponym
- immunize hyponym
- overprotect hyponym
- look out hyponym
- cover hyponym
- ward hyponym
- guard hyponym
- shield hyponym
- charm hyponym
- palisade hyponym
- safeguard hyponym
- cover hyponym
- cover hyponym
- mothproof hyponym
- body guard hyponym
- insure hyponym
- cover hyponym
- preserve hyponym
Related & opposite
- protection derivation
- protective covering derivation
- defender derivation
- protective derivation
Sense 2 verb
use tariffs to favor domestic industry
Types & categories
- assist hypernym
Related & opposite
- trade protection derivation
- protective derivation
- trade domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protective covering |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | protective |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | defend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover for |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | immunize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overprotect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | look out |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ward |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | guard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shield |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | charm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palisade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | safeguard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mothproof |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | body guard |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cover |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | preserve |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trade protection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | protective |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | trade |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assist |