WordNet Search - 3.1

Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"

Noun

S: (n) pawn (an article deposited as security)
S: (n) instrument, pawn, cat's-paw (a person used by another to gain an end)
S: (n) pawn ((chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank)

domain category
direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) chessman, chess piece (any of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess)

S: (n) pawn (borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) borrowing (obtaining funds from a lender)

S: (n) transaction, dealing, dealings (the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)) "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me"

S: (n) group action (action taken by a group of people)

S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)

S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)

S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

derivationally related form

W: (v) pawn [Related to: pawn] (leave as a guarantee in return for money) "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

Verb

S: (v) pawn, soak, hock (leave as a guarantee in return for money) "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"