duck
English Thesaurus
1. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | anseriform bird, |
definition | : | chiefly web-footed swimming birds (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | drake, |
definition | : | adult male of a wild or domestic duck (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | quack-quack, |
definition | : | child's word for a duck (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | duckling, |
definition | : | young duck (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | diving duck, |
definition | : | any of various ducks of especially bays and estuaries that dive for their food (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | dabbler, dabbling duck, |
definition | : | any of numerous shallow-water ducks that feed by upending and dabbling (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | anas platyrhynchos, mallard, |
definition | : | wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | teal, |
definition | : | any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | anas penelope, widgeon, wigeon, |
definition | : | freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | sheldrake, |
definition | : | Old World gooselike duck slightly larger than a mallard with variegated mostly black-and-white plumage and a red bill (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | oxyura jamaicensis, ruddy duck, |
definition | : | reddish-brown stiff-tailed duck of North America and northern South America (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | aythya ferina, pochard, |
definition | : | heavy-bodied Old World diving duck having a grey-and-black body and reddish head (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | aythya americana, redhead, |
definition | : | North American diving duck with a grey-and-black body and reddish-brown head (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | wild duck, |
definition | : | an undomesticated duck (especially a mallard) (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | sea duck, |
definition | : | any of various large diving ducks found along the seacoast: eider; scoter; merganser (noun.animal) |
part holonym | : | duck down, |
definition | : | down of the duck (noun.animal) |
part holonym | : | duck, |
definition | : | flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) (noun.food) |
member meronym | : | anatidae, family anatidae, |
definition | : | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks (noun.animal) |
2. a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | cloth, fabric, material, textile, |
definition | : | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (noun.artifact) |
3. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) (noun.food)
hypernym | : | poultry, |
definition | : | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food (noun.food) |
hyponym | : | duckling, |
definition | : | flesh of a young domestic duck (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | duck, |
definition | : | small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs (noun.animal) |
4. (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman (noun.quantity)
hypernym | : | score, |
definition | : | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (noun.quantity) |
domain category | : | cricket, |
definition | : | a game played with a ball and bat by two teams of 11 players; teams take turns trying to score runs (noun.act) |
5. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
hypernym | : | avoid, |
definition | : | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something (verb.communication) |
hyponym | : | beg, |
definition | : | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted (verb.communication) |
hyponym | : | quibble, |
definition | : | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections (verb.communication) |
6. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | move, |
definition | : | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb.motion) |
7. submerge or plunge suddenly (verb.motion)
8. dip into a liquid (verb.motion)
hypernym | : | dip, douse, dunk, plunge, souse, |
definition | : | immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate (verb.contact) |
9. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs (noun.animal)
derivation | : | duckling, |
definition | : | young duck (noun.animal) |
10. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) (noun.food)
derivation | : | duckling, |
definition | : | flesh of a young domestic duck (noun.food) |
11. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
derivation | : | circumvention, |
definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
12. submerge or plunge suddenly (verb.motion)
13. dip into a liquid (verb.motion)
derivation | : | dip, plunge, |
definition | : | a brief swim in water (noun.act) |
14. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs (noun.animal)
derivation | : | duckling, |
definition | : | young duck (noun.animal) |
15. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild) (noun.food)
derivation | : | duckling, |
definition | : | flesh of a young domestic duck (noun.food) |
16. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (verb.communication)
derivation | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
derivation | : | circumvention, |
definition | : | the act of evading by going around (noun.act) |
derivation | : | dodge, dodging, scheme, |
definition | : | a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery (noun.communication) |
derivation | : | hedge, hedging, |
definition | : | an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement (noun.communication) |
17. submerge or plunge suddenly (verb.motion)
18. dip into a liquid (verb.motion)
derivation | : | dip, plunge, |
definition | : | a brief swim in water (noun.act) |
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