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English noun: bight | |||
| 1. | bight (shape) a loop in a rope | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | loop | ||
| 2. | bight (shape) a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bend, crook, turn, twist | ||
| 3. | bight (object) a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline | ||
| Samples | The Bight of Benin. The Great Australian Bight. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bay, embayment | ||
| Instance hyponym | Bight of Benin, Great Australian Bight | ||
| 4. | bight (artifact) the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, midpoint | ||
| Part meronym | rope | ||
English verb: bight | |||
| 1. | bight (contact) fasten with a bight | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fasten, fix, secure | ||
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