WordNet Search - 3.1
-
WordNet home page
-
Glossary
-
Help
Word to search for:
Display Options:
(Select option to change)
Hide Example Sentences
Hide Glosses
Show Frequency Counts
Show Database Locations
Show Lexical File Info
Show Lexical File Numbers
Show Sense Keys
Show Sense Numbers
Show all
Hide all
Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S:
(n)
decomposition
,
rot
,
rotting
,
putrefaction
,
breakdown
((biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action)
Verb
S:
(v)
decompose
,
rot
,
molder
,
moulder
(break down)
"The bodies decomposed in the heat"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
decay
(undergo decay or decomposition)
"The body started to decay and needed to be cremated"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
waste
,
rot
(become physically weaker)
"Political prisoners are wasting away in many prisons all over the world"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
necrose
,
gangrene
,
mortify
,
sphacelate
(undergo necrosis)
"the tissue around the wound necrosed"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Something ----s