whistle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
make whistling sounds
He lay there, snoring and whistling
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or blowing a whistle
the whistle signalled the end of the game
Types & categories
- signal hypernym
Related & opposite
- whistle derivation
Sense 4 verb
move with, or as with, a whistling sound
The bullets whistled past him
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 5 noun
a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
Types & categories
- wind instrument hypernym
Sense 6 verb
utter or express by whistling
She whistled a melody
Types & categories
- communicate hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
Types & categories
- acoustic device hypernym
- signaling device hypernym
- boat whistle hyponym
- factory whistle hyponym
- steam whistle hyponym
Sense 8 verb
move, send, or bring as if by whistling
Her optimism whistled away these worries
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 9 noun
an inexpensive fipple flute
Types & categories
- fipple flute hypernym
Sense 10 verb
make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound
the kettle was singing
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 verb
give a signal by whistling
She whistled for her maid
Types & categories
- signal hypernym
Related & opposite
- whistle derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sing |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistle |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistle |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | signal |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | wind instrument |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistler |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | communicate |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | acoustic device |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | signaling device |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | boat whistle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | factory whistle |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | steam whistle |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | fipple flute |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | song |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistling |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | whistle |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | signal |