zigzag
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions
Types & categories
- angularity hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
travel along a zigzag path
The river zigzags through the countryside
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
having short sharp turns or angles
Related & opposite
Sense 4 adverb
in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path
birds flew zigzag across the blue sky
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crank |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | zigzag |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | angularity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | zigzag |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | turn |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | zigzag |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | crooked |