English noun: pike |
1. | pike (artifact) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
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| Synonyms | expressway, freeway, motorway, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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| Broader (hypernym) | highway, main road |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | autobahn, autostrada, toll road, turnpike |
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| Part holonym | carriageway |
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2. | pike (food) highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh |
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| Broader (hypernym) | freshwater fish |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | muskellunge, pickerel |
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| Part meronym | pike |
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3. | pike (artifact) a sharp point (as on the end of a spear) |
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| Broader (hypernym) | point |
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4. | pike (artifact) medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | arm, weapon, weapon system |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | halberd, partisan, partizan, vouge |
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| Part holonym | pikestaff, spear-point, spearhead, spearpoint |
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5. | pike (animal) any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the northern hemisphere |
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| Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Esox lucius, Esox masquinongy, muskellunge, northern pike, pickerel |
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| Part holonym | pike |
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| Member meronym | Esox, genus Esox |
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