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WINKLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edible marine gastropod

Synonyms:

periwinkle; winkle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("winkle" is a kind of...):

seasnail (any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids)

Meronyms (substance of "winkle"):

periwinkle; winkle (small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked)

Holonyms ("winkle" is a member of...):

genus Littorina; Littorina (type genus of the family Littorinidae: periwinkles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

Synonyms:

periwinkle; winkle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("winkle" is a kind of...):

seafood (edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc)

Holonyms ("winkle" is a substance of...):

periwinkle; winkle (edible marine gastropod)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove or displace from a position

Synonyms:

winkle; winkle out

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "winkle" is one way to...):

bring out; get out (take out of a container or enclosed space)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

Meaning:

Gleam or glow intermittently

Example:

The lights were flashing

Synonyms:

blink; flash; twinkle; wink; winkle

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "winkle" is one way to...):

radiate (cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "winkle"):

flick; flicker (flash intermittently)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

Example:

Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?

Synonyms:

scintillate; twinkle; winkle

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "winkle" is one way to...):

beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)

Verb group:

scintillate (give off)

Domain category:

celestial body; heavenly body (natural objects visible in the sky)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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