tar-and-feather
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
smear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment
The thief was tarred and feathered
Types & categories
- punish hypernym
Related & opposite
- cover entails
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | cover |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | punish |