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toehold
Overview of noun toehold
The noun toehold has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. toehold -- (a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business")
2. toehold -- (a small foothold used in climbing)
3. toehold -- (a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun toehold
3 senses of toehold
Sense 1
toehold
=> status, position
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
toehold
=> foothold, footing
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 3
toehold
=> wrestling hold
=> clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold
=> grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun toehold
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun toehold
3 senses of toehold
Sense 1
toehold
=> status, position
Sense 2
toehold
=> foothold, footing
Sense 3
toehold
=> wrestling hold
Antonyms of noun toehold
Member Holonyms of noun toehold
Substance Holonyms of noun toehold
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Member Meronyms of noun toehold
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Meronyms of noun toehold
Holonyms of noun toehold
Attributes of noun toehold
Derived Forms of noun toehold
Domain of noun toehold
Domain Terms of noun toehold
Familiarity of noun toehold
toehold used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun toehold
3 senses of toehold
Sense 1
toehold
> status, position
=> face
=> election
=> equality, equivalence, equation, par
=> social station, social status, social rank, rank
=> standing
=> high status
=> high ground
=> high profile
=> Holy Order, Order
=> low status, lowness, lowliness
=> legal status
=> bastardy, illegitimacy, bar sinister
=> left-handedess
=> command
=> nationality
=> footing, terms
=> retirement
=> rank
=> caste
=> dignity
=> nobility, noblesse
=> ordination
=> pedestal
=> leadership
=> slot
=> toehold
Sense 2
toehold
> foothold, footing
=> toehold
Sense 3
toehold
> wrestling hold
=> bear hug
=> full nelson
=> half nelson
=> Japanese stranglehold
=> lock
=> scissors, scissors hold, scissor hold, scissor grip, scissors grip
=> stranglehold
=> toehold
Meronyms of noun toehold
3 senses of toehold
Sense 2
toehold
=> foothold, footing
=> support
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun toehold
Grep of noun toehold
toehold
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