stint
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
an unbroken period of time during which you do something
there were stretches of boredom
Types & categories
- duration hypernym
Sense 2 verb
subsist on a meager allowance
scratch and scrimp
Types & categories
- save hypernym
Related & opposite
- stinter derivation
Sense 3 noun
smallest American sandpiper
Types & categories
- sandpiper hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Erolia member holonym
Sense 4 verb
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
sting with the allowance
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- stinter derivation
Sense 5 noun
an individual's prescribed share of work
her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
Types & categories
- chore hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | duration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | save |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Erolia |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sandpiper |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | stinter |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | chore |