WIELD  揮

HOLD so as to USE as a WEAPON OR TOOL.
BRANDISHFLOURISHWAVESWINGUSEEMPLOYHANDLE
Hypernym
  • HOLDCONTROL by KEEPING IN one's HANDS.
    • CONTROLINTERACT so as to CAUSE TO BE OR ACT RESEMBLE:as one DESIRES.
      • INTERACTACT so as to CAUSE ANOTHER TO REACT.
        • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision....
See also
  • CONTROLINTERACT so as to CAUSE TO BE OR ACT RESEMBLE:as one DESIRES.
    Modern Chinese Criteria
    揮

    揮動

    揮舞

    舞動

    舞弄

    舞

    掄

    晃

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

      Words

      操  cāo OC: tshaaw MC: tshɑu 24 Attributions

        Word relations
      • Object: 弓/BOW The current general word for the bow is gōng 弓, and it must be remembered that in early times the bow was used not only to shoot arrows but also mud pellets and the like.
      • Object: 學/STUDY The dominant word is xué 學 (ant. jiào 教 "train teach")which refers primarily to studying or training under another person, and secondarily to the learning by heart texts. Very often, the word retains a tinge of immitation.
      • Synon: 把/HOLD Wò 握 and bǎ 把 are rather dramatic words referring to gripping something and not letting go of it.

        Syntactic words
      • nderivedwhat one figuratively wields and usesLZ
      • vt(oN)wield/deploy/excercise the contextually determinate N
      • vtoNwield and use (a weapon, broom, or tool); or abstractly: practice (a technique)
      • vtoNinchoativestart to wieldCH
      奏  zòu OC: skoos MC: tsu 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNwield (a knife)
      弄  nòng OC: ɡ-rooŋs MC: luŋ 1 Attribution
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNhandle with great skill, manipulate expertly; play with
      執  zhí OC: tjib MC: tɕip 0 Attributions
        Syntactic words
      • vtoNhold so as to use> wield

      Existing SW for

      Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: