turf
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sod derivation
Sense 2 verb
cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots
Types & categories
- cover hypernym
Sense 3 noun
the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
Types & categories
- city district hypernym
Sense 4 noun
range of jurisdiction or influence
a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system
Types & categories
- jurisdiction hypernym
Related & opposite
- colloquialism domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sod |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | land |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | divot |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cover |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | city district |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | jurisdiction |