shag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded
Types & categories
- tobacco hypernym
Sense 2 verb
dance the shag
Types & categories
- trip the light fantastic hypernym
Related & opposite
- shag derivation
Sense 3 noun
a matted tangle of hair or fiber
the dog's woolly shag
Types & categories
- tangle hypernym
Related & opposite
- bushy derivation
Sense 4 noun
a fabric with long coarse nap
he bought a shag rug
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Parts & wholes
- shag rug part holonym
Related & opposite
- shagged derivation
Sense 5 noun
slang for sexual intercourse
Types & categories
- sexual intercourse hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
Types & categories
- social dancing hypernym
Related & opposite
- shag derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tobacco |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shag |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | trip the light fantastic |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bushy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | tangle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shagged |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | shag rug |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuck |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | vulgarism |
| 5 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sexual intercourse |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shag |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | social dancing |