whisker
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
a very small distance or space
they escaped by a hair's-breadth
Types & categories
- small indefinite quantity hypernym
Sense 2 verb
furnish with whiskers
a whiskered jersey
Types & categories
- supply hypernym
Related & opposite
- vibrissa derivation
Sense 3 noun
a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
Types & categories
- hair hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | small indefinite quantity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vibrissa |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | supply |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whisker |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bearded |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | hair |