trill
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
Types & categories
- musical note hypernym
Related & opposite
- warble derivation
Sense 2 verb
pronounce with a trill, of the phoneme `r'
Some speakers trill their r's
Types & categories
- sound out hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant `r') with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula
he pronounced his R's with a distinct trill
Types & categories
- articulation hypernym
Sense 4 verb
sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
Types & categories
- sing hypernym
Related & opposite
- trill derivation
- eighth note derivation
- warbler derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | warble |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | musical note |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | articulation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trill |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | eighth note |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | warbler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sing |