vane
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
Types & categories
- mechanical device hypernym
- weathercock hyponym
- wind tee hyponym
Sense 2 noun
a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
Types & categories
- fin hypernym
Parts & wholes
Sense 3 noun
flat surface that rotates and pushes against air or water
Types & categories
- rotating mechanism hypernym
- fan blade hyponym
- impeller hyponym
- paddle hyponym
- rudder blade hyponym
Parts & wholes
- eggbeater part holonym
- oar part holonym
- propeller part holonym
- turbine part holonym
- aerogenerator part holonym
Sense 4 noun
the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft
Types & categories
- blade hypernym
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | weathercock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wind tee |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arrow |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | missile |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | fin |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | eggbeater |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | oar |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | propeller |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | turbine |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | aerogenerator |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rotating mechanism |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fan blade |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | impeller |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | paddle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rudder blade |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | feather |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | barb |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | blade |