sandbag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a bag filled with sand; used as a weapon or to build walls or as ballast
Types & categories
- bag hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
treat harshly or unfairly
Types & categories
- wrong hypernym
Sense 3 verb
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
Types & categories
- pressure hypernym
Sense 4 verb
hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- sandbag derivation
Sense 5 verb
downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
Types & categories
- misinform hypernym
Related & opposite
- sandbagger derivation
- minimise entails
Sense 6 verb
protect or strengthen with sandbags; stop up
The residents sandbagged the beach front
Types & categories
- strengthen hypernym
Related & opposite
- sandbag derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sandbag |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stun |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | bag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrong |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pressure |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sandbag |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sandbagger |
| 5 | entails | Related & opposite | minimise |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | misinform |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sandbag |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | strengthen |