volley
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms
our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise
Types & categories
- firing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be dispersed in a volley
gun shots volleyed at the attackers
Types & categories
- scatter hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces
Types & categories
- return hypernym
Related & opposite
- ground stroke antonym
- volley derivation
- volley derivation
Sense 4 verb
hit before it touches the ground
volley the tennis ball
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- volley derivation
Sense 5 verb
discharge in, or as if in, a volley
the attackers volleyed gunshots at the civilians
Types & categories
- discharge hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
make a volley
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
- volley derivation
- court game domain topic
Sense 7 verb
utter rapidly
volley a string of curses
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fusillade |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | firing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | volley |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | scatter |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | ground stroke |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | return |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | volley |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | volley |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | court game |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |