wheeze
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
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
breathing with a husky or whistling sound
Types & categories
- breathing hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
breathe with difficulty
Types & categories
- breathe hypernym
Related & opposite
- wheeze derivation
Sense 3 noun
(Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick
a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat
Types & categories
- scheme hypernym
Related & opposite
- Great Britain domain region
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | wheeze |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asthmatic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | breathing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wheeze |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | breathe |
| 3 | domain region | Related & opposite | Great Britain |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scheme |