sling
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
a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
Types & categories
- highball hypernym
- brandy sling hyponym
- gin sling hyponym
- rum sling hyponym
Sense 2 verb
hurl as if with a sling
Types & categories
- hurl hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
Types & categories
- toy hypernym
Related & opposite
- sling derivation
- catapultic derivation
Sense 4 verb
hang loosely or freely; let swing
Types & categories
- hang hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
Types & categories
- shoe hypernym
Sense 6 verb
move with a sling
sling the cargo onto the ship
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released
Types & categories
- weapon hypernym
Sense 8 verb
hold or carry in a sling
he cannot button his shirt with his slinged arm
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Sense 9 noun
bandage to support an injured forearm; consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck
Types & categories
- bandage hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | highball |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brandy sling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gin sling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rum sling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slinging |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | catapult |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slinger |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hurl |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sling |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | catapultic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | toy |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hang |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | shoe |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | bandage |