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English adjective: beetle | |||
| 1. | beetle jutting or overhanging | ||
| Samples | Beetle brows. | ||
| Synonyms | beetling | ||
| Similar | protrusive | ||
| Antonyms | intrusive | ||
English noun: beetle | |||
| 1. | beetle (animal) insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | insect | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Anoplophora glabripennis, Asian longhorned beetle, bark beetle, blister beetle, carabid beetle, carpet beetle, carpet bug, chrysomelid, clerid, clerid beetle, deathwatch, deathwatch beetle, elater, elaterid, elaterid beetle, firefly, ground beetle, lady beetle, ladybeetle, ladybird, ladybird beetle, ladybug, lamellicorn beetle, leaf beetle, lightning bug, long-horned beetle, longicorn, longicorn beetle, meloid, rove beetle, tiger beetle, water beetle, weevil, whirligig beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum | ||
| Member meronym | Coleoptera, order Coleoptera | ||
| 2. | beetle (artifact) a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing | ||
| Synonyms | mallet | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hammer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carpenter's mallet, gavel | ||
English verb: beetle | |||
| 1. | beetle (stative) be suspended over or hang over | ||
| Samples | This huge rock beetles over the edge of the town. | ||
| Synonyms | overhang | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hang | ||
| 2. | beetle (motion) fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle | ||
| Samples | He beetled up the staircase. They beetled off home. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| 3. | beetle (contact) beat with a beetle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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