winkle
English Thesaurus
1. edible marine gastropod (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | seasnail, |
definition | : | any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids (noun.animal) |
substance holonym | : | periwinkle, winkle, |
definition | : | small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked (noun.food) |
2. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked (noun.food)
hypernym | : | seafood, |
definition | : | edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc (noun.food) |
substance meronym | : | periwinkle, winkle, |
definition | : | edible marine gastropod (noun.animal) |
3. remove or displace from a position (verb.contact)
hypernym | : | bring out, get out, |
definition | : | take out of a container or enclosed space (verb.contact) |
4. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
hypernym | : | radiate, |
definition | : | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays (verb.perception) |
hyponym | : | flick, flicker, |
definition | : | flash intermittently (verb.perception) |
5. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
hypernym | : | beam, shine, |
definition | : | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather) |
verb group | : | scintillate, |
definition | : | give off (verb.weather) |
6. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
derivation | : | blinker, flasher, |
definition | : | a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | flash, |
definition | : | a momentary brightness (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | twinkler, |
definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
7. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
derivation | : | scintillation, |
definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | scintilla, |
definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
derivation | : | twinkler, |
definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
8. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
derivation | : | blinker, flasher, |
definition | : | a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | flash, |
definition | : | a momentary brightness (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | twinkler, |
definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
9. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
derivation | : | scintillation, |
definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
derivation | : | scintilla, |
definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
derivation | : | twinkler, |
definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
Visual ArtiKata
Explore winkle in ArtiKata.com >