trickle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid
there's a drip through the roof
Types & categories
- flow hypernym
- intravenous drip hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
water trickled onto the lawn from the broken hose
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dribble derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dribble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dribble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drip |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | drippy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | flow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intravenous drip |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dribble |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | course |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | percolate |