nnoun.animalsmall wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legsDerivationally Related Form:duckling
Member Holonyms:Anatidae family Anatidae
Hypernyms:anseriform bird
Inherited Hypernyms:duckanseriform birdwaterfowlaquatic birdbirdvertebratechordateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Aix galericulataAix sponsaAnas acutaAnas clypeataAnas penelopeAnas platyrhynchosAnas rubripesAythya americanaAythya ferinaAythya valisineriaBucephela albeolaBucephela clangulaCairina moschataOxyura jamaicensisblack duckbluebillbroadbillbuffleheadbutterballcanvasbackcanvasback duckdabblerdabbling duckdipperdiving duckdrakeducklinggoldeneyemallardmandarin duckmuscovy duckmusk duckpin-tailed duckpintailpochardquack-quackredheadruddy duckscaupscaup ducksea ducksheldrakeshovelershovellersummer ducktealwhistlerwidgeonwigeonwild duckwood duckwood widgeon
Part Meronyms:duck duck down
Full Hyponyms:american merganseramerican widgeonbarrow's goldeneyeblack duckbluewingbuffleheadcanvasbackcommon scoterdabbling duckdiving duckdrakeducklingeidergarganeygoldeneyegoosandergreater scaupgreenwinghooded merganserlesser scaupmallardmandarin duckmergansermuscovy duckold squawpintailpochardquack-quackred-breasted merganserredheadruddy duckscaupscotersea ducksheldrakeshelduckshovelersmewtealwidgeonwild duckwood drakewood duck
nnoun.quantity(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsmanTopic:cricket
Synset:duck's egg
Hypernyms:score
Inherited Hypernyms:duckscorenumberdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.foodflesh of a duck (domestic or wild)Derivationally Related Form:duckling
Part Holonyms:duck
Hypernyms:poultry
Inherited Hypernyms:duckpoultrybirdmeatfoodsolidmatterphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:duckling
nnoun.artifacta heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tentsHypernyms:cloth fabric material textile
Inherited Hypernyms:duckfabricartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.motionto move (the head or body) quickly downwards or awayExamples:- Before he could duck, another stone struck him
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:duckmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.motionsubmerge or plunge suddenlyDerivationally Related Form:ducking
Hypernyms:dive plunge plunk
Inherited Hypernyms:duckdivedescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s PP | The airplane is sure to --- (apply to: duck)
vverb.motiondip into a liquidSynset:dip douse
Derivationally Related Form:dipducking
Hypernyms:dip douse dunk plunge souse
Inherited Hypernyms:dipdunkimmersepenetrateenter
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s something PP
vverb.communicationavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)Synset:circumvent dodge elude evade fudge hedge parry put off sidestep skirt
Examples:- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
Derivationally Related Form:hedgerdodgingcircumventionhedgedodgehedgingdodgerevasion
Hypernyms:avoid
Inherited Hypernyms:hedgeavoid
Direct Hyponyms:begquibble
Full Troponyms:begquibble
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something