reel
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
a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
Types & categories
- photographic film hypernym
Related & opposite
- reel derivation
Sense 2 verb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
The drunken man staggered into the room
Types & categories
- walk hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
music composed for dancing a reel
Types & categories
- dance music hypernym
Sense 4 verb
revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod
Types & categories
- winder hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fishing gear member holonym
- fishing rod part holonym
Related & opposite
- reel derivation
Sense 6 verb
wind onto or off a reel
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 noun
a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps
Types & categories
- square dance hypernym
- highland fling hyponym
- eightsome hyponym
Sense 9 noun
an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
Types & categories
- longways hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | photographic film |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reeler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dance music |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spin |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spinner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | gyration |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | whirler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | convolution |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | whirligig |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | reel |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing gear |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing rod |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | winder |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | bobbin |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reel |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | reel |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | twine |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | reel off |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | spool |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | reel |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | winder |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | filature |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | shuttle |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | square dance |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | highland fling |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | eightsome |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | longways |