stampede
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 headlong rush of people on a common impulse
when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
Related & opposite
- stampede derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause to run in panic
Thunderbolts can stampede animals
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
Types & categories
- change of location hypernym
Related & opposite
- stampede derivation
Sense 4 verb
cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating
Related & opposite
- stampede causes
Sense 5 verb
act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
Companies will now stampede to release their latest software
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Sense 6 verb
run away in a stampede
Types & categories
- flee hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of location |
| 4 | causes | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | stampede |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | run |
| 6 | entails | Related & opposite | speed |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | flee |