shirk
verb
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
avoid (one's assigned duties)
The derelict soldier shirked his duties
Types & categories
- avoid hypernym
- scrimshank hyponym
- malinger hyponym
- slack hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
avoid dealing with
She shirks her duties
Types & categories
- avoid hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shirking |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slacker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrimshank |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | malinger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |