WordNet Search - 3.1

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

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

Display options for word: word (sense key)

Noun

S: (n) bat (bat%1:05:00::), chiropteran (chiropteran%1:05:00::) (nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate)
S: (n) bat (bat%1:04:00::), at-bat (at-bat%1:04:00::) ((baseball) a turn trying to get a hit) "he was at bat when it happened"; "he got four hits in four at-bats"

S: (n) squash racket (squash_racket%1:06:00::), squash racquet (squash_racquet%1:06:00::), bat (bat%1:06:03::) (a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash)
S: (n) cricket bat (cricket_bat%1:06:00::), bat (bat%1:06:02::) (the club used in playing cricket) "a cricket bat has a narrow handle and a broad flat end for hitting"
S: (n) bat (bat%1:06:00::) (a club used for hitting a ball in various games)

Verb

S: (v) bat (bat%2:35:01::) (strike with, or as if with a baseball bat) "bat the ball"
S: (v) bat (bat%2:29:00::), flutter (flutter%2:29:00::) (wink briefly) "bat one's eyelids"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
sentence frame

S: (v) bat (bat%2:35:03::) (have a turn at bat) "Jones bats first, followed by Martinez"
S: (v) bat (bat%2:35:02::) (use a bat) "Who's batting?"
S: (v) cream (cream%2:35:03::), bat (bat%2:35:00::), clobber (clobber%2:35:00::), drub (drub%2:35:00::), thrash (thrash%2:35:02::), lick (lick%2:35:01::) (beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight) "We licked the other team on Sunday!"