tailgate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
Types & categories
- gate hypernym
Parts & wholes
- beach wagon part holonym
- truck part holonym
Sense 2 verb
follow at a dangerously close distance
it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle
Types & categories
- follow hypernym
Related & opposite
- tailgater derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | beach wagon |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | truck |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tailgater |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | follow |