rifle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
steal goods; take as spoils
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
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Sense 3 verb
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Who rifled through my desk drawers?
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | bolt |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | pump action |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rifle butt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | firearm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carbine |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Garand rifle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sniper rifle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Winchester |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | plundering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | looting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoilation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | raider |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pillage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deplume |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |