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figure eight
Overview of noun figure-eight
The noun figure eight has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. figure eight, figure of eight -- (a knot having the shape of the numeral 8; tied in a rope that has been passed through a hole or pulley and that prevents the rope from coming loose)
2. figure eight -- (a skating figure that carves an 8 in the ice)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun figure-eight
2 senses of figure eight
Sense 1
figure eight, figure of eight
=> knot
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
figure eight
=> figure
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, play
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun figure-eight
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun figure-eight
2 senses of figure eight
Sense 1
figure eight, figure of eight
=> knot
Sense 2
figure eight
=> figure
Antonyms of noun figure-eight
Member Holonyms of noun figure-eight
Substance Holonyms of noun figure-eight
Part Holonyms of noun figure-eight
Member Meronyms of noun figure-eight
Substance Meronyms of noun figure-eight
Part Meronyms of noun figure-eight
Meronyms of noun figure-eight
Holonyms of noun figure-eight
Attributes of noun figure-eight
Derived Forms of noun figure-eight
Domain of noun figure-eight
Domain Terms of noun figure-eight
Familiarity of noun figure-eight
figure eight used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun figure-eight
2 senses of figure eight
Sense 1
figure eight, figure of eight
> knot
=> barrel knot, blood knot
=> bow, bowknot
=> carrick bend
=> clove hitch
=> figure eight, figure of eight
=> fisherman's bend
=> fisherman's knot, true lover's knot, truelove knot
=> Gordian knot
=> half hitch
=> hawser bend
=> hitch
=> loop knot
=> love knot, lovers' knot, lover's knot, true lovers' knot, true lover's knot
=> overhand knot
=> prolonge knot, sailor's breastplate
=> sheepshank
=> slipknot
=> square knot
=> stopper knot
=> surgeon's knot
=> Turk's head
Sense 2
figure eight
> figure
=> figure eight
=> spread eagle
Meronyms of noun figure-eight
2 senses of figure eight
Sense 1
figure eight, figure of eight
=> knot
=> fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
=> restraint, constraint
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun figure-eight
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