thumb
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb
Types & categories
- finger hypernym
Parts & wholes
- musculus abductor pollicis part meronym
- thumbnail part meronym
Related & opposite
- finger derivation
Sense 2 verb
travel by getting free rides from motorists
Types & categories
- ride hypernym
Related & opposite
- hitchhiker derivation
Sense 3 noun
the part of a glove that provides a covering for the thumb
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- glove part holonym
Sense 4 verb
look through a book or other written material
He thumbed through the report
Types & categories
- peruse hypernym
Related & opposite
- folio derivation
Sense 5 noun
a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse
Types & categories
Sense 6 verb
feel or handle with the fingers
finger the binding of the book
Types & categories
- touch hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | musculus abductor pollicis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | thumbnail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | finger |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hitchhiker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ride |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | glove |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | folio |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | peruse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | moulding |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | echinus |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | fingering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | thumb |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |