shrew
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman
Types & categories
- unpleasant woman hypernym
- virago hyponym
- yenta hyponym
Sense 2 noun
small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
Types & categories
- insectivore hypernym
- common shrew hyponym
- masked shrew hyponym
- short-tailed shrew hyponym
- water shrew hyponym
- least shrew hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Soricidae member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpleasant woman |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | virago |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | yenta |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Soricidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | insectivore |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | common shrew |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | masked shrew |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-tailed shrew |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | water shrew |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | least shrew |