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whisker
Overview of noun whisker
The noun whisker has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker -- (a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker")
2. whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair -- (a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat)
Overview of verb whisker
The verb whisker has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bewhisker, whisker -- (furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whisker
2 senses of whisker
Sense 1
hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> indefinite quantity
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
=> hair
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun whisker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun whisker
2 senses of whisker
Sense 1
hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
Sense 2
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
=> hair
Antonyms of noun whisker
Member Holonyms of noun whisker
Substance Holonyms of noun whisker
Part Holonyms of noun whisker
Member Meronyms of noun whisker
Substance Meronyms of noun whisker
Part Meronyms of noun whisker
Meronyms of noun whisker
Holonyms of noun whisker
Attributes of noun whisker
Derived Forms of noun whisker
1 of 2 senses of whisker
Sense 2
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
RELATED TO>(adj) whiskery#1
=> bearded, barbate, bewhiskered, whiskered, whiskery
RELATED TO>(verb) whisker#1
=> bewhisker, whisker
Domain of noun whisker
Domain Terms of noun whisker
Familiarity of noun whisker
whisker used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun whisker
2 senses of whisker
Sense 1
hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
> small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
=> helping, portion, serving
=> taste, mouthful
=> crumb
=> dab, splash, splatter
=> spot, bit
=> few
=> hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
=> modicum
=> scattering, sprinkling
=> shoestring, shoe string
=> spray, spraying
=> nose
=> step, stone's throw
=> little
=> shtik, shtick, schtik, schtick
=> tad, shade
=> minimum, lower limit
=> morsel
=> handful, smattering
=> couple
=> drop, drib, driblet
=> dollop
=> dreg
=> jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit
=> nip, shot
=> trace, hint, suggestion
=> shred, scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge
=> tot
=> touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch, jot, speck, soupcon
Sense 2
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
> hair
=> bristle
=> whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
=> seta
=> pilus
Meronyms of noun whisker
2 senses of whisker
Sense 2
whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
=> hair
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun whisker
Grep of noun whisker
whisker
whisker jack
whiskers
Antonyms of verb whisker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whisker
1 sense of whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb whisker
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb whisker
1 sense of whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
'Cause To' of verb whisker
Derived Forms of verb whisker
1 sense of whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
RELATED TO>(noun) whisker#2
=> whisker, vibrissa, sensory hair
Domain of verb whisker
Domain Terms of verb whisker
Familiarity of verb whisker
whisker used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb whisker
1 sense of whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb whisker
1 sense of whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb whisker
Sense 1
bewhisker, whisker
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
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Grep of verb whisker
bewhisker
whisker
Grep of adj whisker
whiskered
whiskerless
whiskery
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