spat
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a quarrel about petty points
Types & categories
- quarrel hypernym
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Sense 2 verb
come down like raindrops
Bullets were spatting down on us
Types & categories
- precipitate hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
Types & categories
- legging hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become permanently attached
mollusks or oysters spat
Types & categories
- attach hypernym
Related & opposite
- spat derivation
Sense 5 noun
a young oyster or other bivalve
Types & categories
- young hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Bivalvia member holonym
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Sense 6 verb
strike with a sound like that of falling rain
Bullets were spatting the leaves
Types & categories
- impinge on hypernym
Sense 7 verb
clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
engage in a brief and petty quarrel
Types & categories
- quarrel hypernym
Related & opposite
- spat derivation
Sense 9 verb
spawn
oysters spat
Types & categories
- spawn hypernym
Related & opposite
- spat derivation
Sense 10 verb
clap one's hands together
The children were clapping to the music
Types & categories
- motion hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bicker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | finical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | precipitate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | legging |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | attach |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 5 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Bivalvia |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | young |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | impinge on |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | boo |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | eclat |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | applause |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | clapper |
| 7 | entails | Related & opposite | sanction |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | bravo |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | quarrel |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | spat |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | spawn |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | applause |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | clapper |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | motion |