spear
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- barb part meronym
- spearpoint part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
pierce with a spear
spear fish
Types & categories
- impale hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- fishing gear member holonym
Related & opposite
- spear derivation
Sense 4 verb
thrust up like a spear
The branch speared up into the air
Types & categories
- jut hypernym
Related & opposite
- lance derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear up |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | barb |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | spearpoint |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | weapon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assegai |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | javelin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trident |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fizgig |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | impale |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spear |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | fishing gear |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | implement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | harpoon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | leister |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | lance |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | jut |