shark
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
Types & categories
- elasmobranch hypernym
- cow shark hyponym
- mackerel shark hyponym
- thresher shark hyponym
- carpet shark hyponym
- nurse shark hyponym
- sand tiger hyponym
- whale shark hyponym
- cat shark hyponym
- requiem shark hyponym
- dogfish hyponym
- hammerhead shark hyponym
- angel shark hyponym
Related & opposite
- shark derivation
Sense 2 verb
play the shark; act with trickery
Types & categories
- chisel hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
hunt shark
Types & categories
- fish hypernym
Related & opposite
- shark derivation
Sense 5 noun
a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
a card shark
Types & categories
- expert hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | elasmobranch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cow shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mackerel shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thresher shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | carpet shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nurse shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sand tiger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whale shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cat shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | requiem shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dogfish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hammerhead shark |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | angel shark |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chisel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongdoer |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | usurer |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shark |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fish |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | expert |