take hold
verb
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
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
assume control
Types & categories
- head hypernym
- move in on hyponym
Sense 2 verb
have or hold in one's hands or grip
Hold this bowl for a moment, please
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | head |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | move in on |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | release |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grasp |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cling to |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | clinch |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interlock |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | trap |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cradle |