squelch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a crushing remark
Types & categories
- derision hypernym
Related & opposite
- squelch derivation
- demean derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
Sense 2 verb
suppress or crush completely
squelch any sign of dissent
Types & categories
- suppress hypernym
Related & opposite
- crushing derivation
- squelch circuit derivation
- squelch derivation
Sense 3 noun
an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
Types & categories
- circuit hypernym
Related & opposite
- squelch derivation
Sense 4 verb
make a sucking sound
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Sense 5 verb
walk through mud or mire
We had to splosh across the wet meadow
Types & categories
- trudge hypernym
Sense 6 verb
to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition
crush an aluminum can
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | squelch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | demean |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | derision |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | crushing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squelch circuit |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | squelch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | suppress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | squelch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | circuit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | trudge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | compaction |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | crusher |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | squeezer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | wring |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mash |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | mash |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | press |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | wring |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stamp |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | steamroller |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tread |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | telescope |