tug-of-war
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any hard struggle between equally matched groups
Types & categories
- conflict hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses
Types & categories
- athletic contest hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | conflict |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | athletic contest |