English noun: football |
| 1. | football (act) any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
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| Synonyms | football game |
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| Broader (hypernym) | contact sport, field game |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | American football, American football game, association football, professional football, rugby, rugby football, rugger, soccer |
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| Part holonym | half |
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| Domain category members | back, ball carrier, ball-hawking, broken-field, center, complete, completed, drop-kick, drop-kick, dropkick, dropkick, dropkick, end, fake, field general, football score, forward passer, fullback, fullback, ground, halfback, juke, kick, kickoff, line up, midfield, nail, pass, passer, passing, place kick, place-kick, place-kicker, place-kicking, placekicker, professional football, punt, punter, punting, quarter, quarterback, quarterback, return, runner, running, running back, rusher, signal caller, snapper, split end, tackle, tailback, tight end, uncompleted, wingback, winger, yard marker |
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| 2. | football (artifact) the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football |
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| Broader (hypernym) | ball |
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| Part holonym | bladder |
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