winkle

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. small edible marine snail;
steamed in wine or baked
• Syn:
periwinkle
• Hypernyms:
seafood
• Substance Holonyms:
periwinkle
2. edible marine gastropod
• Syn:
periwinkle
• Hypernyms:
seasnail
• Member Holonyms:
Littorina, genus Littorina
• Substance Meronyms:
periwinkle

II - verb

1. gleam or glow intermittently
- The lights were flashing
• Syn:
flash, blink, wink, twinkle
• Derivationally related forms:
twinkle (for: twinkle), twinkler (for: twinkle), blinker (for: blink), flash (for: flash), flasher (for: flash)
• Hypernyms:
radiate
• Hyponyms:
flicker, flick
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
- Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
• Syn:
twinkle, scintillate
• Derivationally related forms:
scintillant (for: scintillate), scintillation (for: scintillate), scintilla (for: scintillate), twinkle (for: twinkle), twinkler (for: twinkle)
• Topics:
celestial body, heavenly body
• Hypernyms:
shine, beam
• Verb Group:
scintillate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. remove or displace from a position
• Syn:
winkle out
• Hypernyms:
bring out, get out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  periwinkle, winkle out, flash, blink, wink, twinkle, scintillate