spit
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 narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea
Types & categories
- cape hypernym
Parts & wholes
- sand substance meronym
Sense 2 verb
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
The father of the victim spat at the alleged murderer
Types & categories
- cough out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches
Types & categories
- secretion hypernym
- slobber hyponym
- tobacco juice hyponym
Parts & wholes
- salivary gland part holonym
- ptyalin substance meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
utter with anger or contempt
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a skewer for holding meat over a fire
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- rack part holonym
Related & opposite
- skewer derivation
Sense 6 verb
rain gently
It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick
Types & categories
- rain hypernym
Related & opposite
- sprinkle derivation
Sense 7 noun
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
Types & categories
- ejection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
drive a skewer through
skewer the meat for the BBQ
Types & categories
- pin hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | sand |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cape |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cough out |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | cough up |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spitting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | saliva |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spitter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ptyalism |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cough out |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salivate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | salivary |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | salivary gland |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | ptyalin |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | secretion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | slobber |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tobacco juice |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | skewer |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rack |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | skewer |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | brochette |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | turnspit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprinkle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | rain |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cough out |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | spit |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | ejection |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | skewer |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | spit |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | pin |