work over
verb
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
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression
Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | whacking |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | hit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strong-arm |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | soak |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pistol-whip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | belabour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rough up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cane |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kayo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thrash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clobber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spank |