English noun: spine |
1. | spine (body) the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord |
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| Samples | The fall broke his back.
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| Synonyms | back, backbone, rachis, spinal column, vertebral column |
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| Broader (hypernym) | skeletal structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | chine, notochord |
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| Part holonym | canalis vertebralis, coccyx, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk, spinal canal, tail bone, vertebra, vertebral canal |
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| Part meronym | axial skeleton |
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2. | spine (shape) any sharply pointed projection |
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| Synonyms | acantha, spur |
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| Broader (hypernym) | projection |
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3. | spine (plant) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
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| Synonyms | pricker, prickle, spikelet, sticker, thorn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | aculeus |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | glochid, glochidium |
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4. | spine (artifact) the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved |
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| Samples | The title and author were printed on the spine of the book.
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| Synonyms | backbone |
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| Broader (hypernym) | part, portion |
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| Part meronym | book, volume |
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5. | spine (animal) a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin |
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| Broader (hypernym) | appendage, outgrowth, process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | quill, ray |
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