whisk
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mixer incorporating a coil of wires; used for whipping eggs or cream
Types & categories
- mixer hypernym
Sense 2 verb
move somewhere quickly
The President was whisked away in his limo
Types & categories
- bring hypernym
Sense 3 noun
a small short-handled broom used to brush clothes
Types & categories
- broom hypernym
Related & opposite
- whisk off derivation
Sense 4 verb
move quickly and nimbly
He whisked into the house
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 5 verb
brush or wipe off lightly
Types & categories
- wipe hypernym
Related & opposite
- whisk broom derivation
Sense 6 verb
whip with or as if with a wire whisk
whisk the eggs
Types & categories
- scramble hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | mixer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | bring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whisk off |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | broom |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | whisk broom |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wipe |
| 6 | also see | Related & opposite | whip up |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | scramble |