scupper
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
drain that allows water on the deck of a vessel to flow overboard
Types & categories
- drainpipe hypernym
Sense 2 verb
wait in hiding to attack
Types & categories
- wait hypernym
Related & opposite
- ambush derivation
- ambusher derivation
- bushwhacker derivation
- lurker derivation
Sense 3 verb
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Types & categories
- affect hypernym
- compromise hyponym
Related & opposite
- risk derivation
- risk derivation
- riskiness derivation
- vulnerability derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | drainpipe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambush |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ambusher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bushwhacker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wait |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | risk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | riskiness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulnerability |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | affect |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | compromise |