Tra từ duck - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms:
duckling
• Hypernyms:
anseriform bird
• Hyponyms:
drake, quack-quack, duckling, diving duck, dabbling duck,
dabbler, mallard, Anas platyrhynchos, black duck, Anas rubripes, teal,
widgeon, wigeon, Anas penelope, shoveler, shoveller, broadbill,
Anas clypeata, pintail, pin-tailed duck, Anas acuta, sheldrake, ruddy duck,
Oxyura jamaicensis, bufflehead, butterball, dipper, Bucephela albeola, goldeneye,
whistler, Bucephela clangula, canvasback, canvasback duck, Aythya valisineria, pochard,
Aythya ferina, redhead, Aythya americana, scaup, scaup duck, bluebill,
wild duck, wood duck, summer duck, wood widgeon, Aix sponsa, mandarin duck,
Aix galericulata, muscovy duck, musk duck, Cairina moschata, sea duck
• Member Holonyms:
Anatidae, family Anatidae
• Part Meronyms:
duck down
2. (cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman
• Syn:
duck's egg
• Topics:
cricket
• Hypernyms:
score
3. flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
• Derivationally related forms:
duckling
• Hypernyms:
poultry
• Hyponyms:
duckling
4. a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave;
used for clothing and tents
• Hypernyms:
fabric, cloth, material, textile

II - verb

1. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away (Freq. 10)
- Before he could duck, another stone struck him
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. submerge or plunge suddenly (Freq. 3)
• Derivationally related forms:
ducking
• Hypernyms:
dive, plunge, plunk
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- The airplane is sure to duck
3. dip into a liquid
- He dipped into the pool
• Syn:
dip, douse
• Derivationally related forms:
ducking, dip (for: dip)
• Hypernyms:
dunk, dip, souse, plunge, douse
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
• Syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
parry, elude, skirt, dodge, sidestep
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something