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English noun: paddle | |||
| 1. | paddle (artifact) small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | pingpong paddle, table-tennis bat, table-tennis racquet | ||
| 2. | paddle (artifact) a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blade, vane | ||
| Part meronym | mill wheel, millwheel, paddle wheel, paddlewheel | ||
| 3. | paddle (artifact) an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument of punishment | ||
| 4. | paddle (artifact) a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat | ||
| Synonyms | boat paddle | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oar | ||
English verb: paddle | |||
| 1. | paddle (motion) propel with a paddle | ||
| Samples | Paddle your own canoe. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | boat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | feather, square | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 2. | paddle (social) play in or as if in water, as of small children | ||
| Synonyms | dabble, splash around | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
| 3. | paddle (motion) swim like a dog in shallow water | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | swim | ||
| Domain category | aquatics, water sport | ||
| 4. | paddle (motion) walk unsteadily | ||
| Samples | Small children toddle. | ||
| Examples | The children paddle to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | coggle, dodder, toddle, totter, waddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 5. | paddle (contact) give a spanking to; subject to a spanking | ||
| Examples | They want to paddle the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | larrup, spank | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | beat, beat up, work over | ||
| 6. | paddle (contact) stir with a paddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | stir | ||
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