spark
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a momentary flash of light
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put in motion or move to act
trigger a reaction
Types & categories
- initiate hypernym
Related & opposite
- hap causes
- human action derivation
- actuation derivation
- trigger derivation
- actuator derivation
- tripper derivation
- activation derivation
- spark derivation
Sense 3 noun
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
he had a sparkle in his eye
Types & categories
- vitality hypernym
- expression hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
emit or produce sparks
A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark
Types & categories
- give out hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
- coruscation derivation
- spark derivation
- arc derivation
Sense 5 noun
electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
Types & categories
- electrical conduction hypernym
- brush discharge hyponym
- corona discharge hyponym
- flashover hyponym
Related & opposite
- spark derivation
Sense 6 noun
a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger
a spark of interest
Types & categories
- trace hypernym
Related & opposite
- trigger derivation
Sense 7 noun
a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
Types & categories
- fragment hypernym
Related & opposite
- spark derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | glitter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | hap |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | human action |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | actuator |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tripper |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | activation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | initiate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beamish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vitality |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coruscation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | arc |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | give out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | electrical conduction |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | brush discharge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corona discharge |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flashover |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | trigger |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | trace |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | fragment |