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prickle
Overview of noun prickle
The noun prickle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet -- (a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf)
Overview of verb prickle
The verb prickle has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. prickle, prick -- (cause a prickling sensation)
2. tingle, prickle -- (cause a stinging or tingling sensation)
3. prickle, prick -- (make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
=> plant process, enation
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> glochidium, glochid
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
Antonyms of noun prickle
Member Holonyms of noun prickle
Substance Holonyms of noun prickle
Part Holonyms of noun prickle
Member Meronyms of noun prickle
Substance Meronyms of noun prickle
Part Meronyms of noun prickle
Meronyms of noun prickle
Holonyms of noun prickle
Attributes of noun prickle
Derived Forms of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
RELATED TO>(adj) prickly#2
=> barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
Domain of noun prickle
Domain Terms of noun prickle
Familiarity of noun prickle
prickle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
> aculeus
=> spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
Meronyms of noun prickle
1 sense of prickle
Sense 1
spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
=> aculeus
=> plant process, enation
=> process, outgrowth, appendage
=> body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun prickle
Grep of noun prickle
prickle
prickle-weed
prickle cell
prickleback
Antonyms of verb prickle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prickle
3 senses of prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
=> prick, sting, twinge
=> hurt, ache, suffer
=> perceive, comprehend
Sense 2
tingle, prickle
=> itch
=> ache, smart, hurt
=> cause to be perceived
Sense 3
prickle, prick
=> pierce
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prickle
1 of 3 senses of prickle
Sense 3
prickle, prick
=> needle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prickle
3 senses of prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
=> prick, sting, twinge
Sense 2
tingle, prickle
=> itch
Sense 3
prickle, prick
=> pierce
'Cause To' of verb prickle
Derived Forms of verb prickle
2 of 3 senses of prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
RELATED TO>(noun) prickling#1
=> prickling, tingle, tingling
Sense 2
tingle, prickle
RELATED TO>(noun) prickling#1
=> prickling, tingle, tingling
Domain of verb prickle
Domain Terms of verb prickle
Familiarity of verb prickle
prickle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb prickle
3 senses of prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sense 2
tingle, prickle
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody's (body part) ----s
Sense 3
prickle, prick
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb prickle
3 senses of prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
> prick, sting, twinge
=> prickle, prick
Sense 2
tingle, prickle
> itch
=> tickle, titillate, vellicate
=> tingle, prickle
Sense 3
prickle, prick
> pierce
=> poke
=> puncture
=> riddle
=> prickle, prick
=> bite
=> punch, perforate
=> sting, bite, prick
=> tap
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb prickle
Sense 1
prickle, prick
=> prick, sting, twinge
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Sense 2
tingle, prickle
=> itch
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Sense 3
prickle, prick
=> pierce
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Grep of verb prickle
prickle
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