spud
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
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Parts & wholes
Sense 2 verb
initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum
The well was spudded in April
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Sense 3 noun
a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds
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Sense 4 verb
produce buds, branches, or germinate
the potatoes sprouted
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | white potato |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | jacket |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | starches |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | solanaceous vegetable |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | root vegetable |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baked potato |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | french fries |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | home fries |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mashed potato |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Uruguay potato |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | drill |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hand shovel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | germ |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sprout |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoot |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | germination |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pullulation |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | germinate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | grow |