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Adverbial part has 1 sense
  1. partially, partly, part - in part; in some degree; not wholly; "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
,Noun part has 12 senses
  1. part, portion, component part, component - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"
    --1 is a kind of relation
    --1 is a part of meronymy, part to whole relation
    --1 has particulars:
     language unit, linguistic unit; item, point; basis, base; detail, particular, item; unit; member; substance; remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest; subpart
  2. region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
    --2 is a kind of location
    --2 has particulars:
     atmosphere, air; biosphere; depth; interplanetary space; interstellar space; heliosphere; intergalactic space; deep space; aerospace; zone; belt; bottom; county; distance; eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land, Shangri-la; extremity; D-layer, D region; Appleton layer, F layer, F region; Heaviside layer, Kennelly-Heaviside layer, E layer, E region; hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno; inside, interior; ionosphere; layer; outside, exterior; radius; side; air; vacuum, vacuity; top; zodiac; sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house; Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef; black hole; mare, maria
  3. part - so far as concerns the actor specified; "it requires vigilance on our part" or "they resisted every effort on his part";
    --3 is a kind of     concern
  4. part, portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
    --4 is a kind of object, physical object
    --4 is a part of whole, whole thing, unit
    --4 has particulars:
     appendage; bulb; butt, stub; component, constituent, element; cutout; foible; forte; fraction; heel; hub; jetsam; limb; peen; piece; pressing; section, segment; shank, waist; toe; turnout, widening; wreckage
  5. part, section, division - one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
    --5 is a kind of concept, conception, construct
    --5 is a part of whole
    --5 has particulars:
     beginning; middle; end; high point; component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
  6. function, office, part, role - the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group; "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
    --6 is a kind of duty
    --6 has particulars:
     capacity; hat; portfolio; stead, position, place, lieu; second fiddle
  7. part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
    --7 is a kind of thing
    --7 is a part of unit, building block
    --7 has particulars:
     body part; corpus; acicula; base; corner; craton; cutting; fragment; hunk, lump; nub, stub; segment; slice; strip; world
  8. character, role, theatrical role, part, persona - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
    --8 is a kind of portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
    --8 has particulars:
     bit part, minor role; heavy; hero; ingenue; title role, name part; heroine; villain, baddie
  9. share, portion, part, percentage - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
    --9 is a kind of assets
    --9 is a part of
     net income, net, net profit, lucre, profit, profits, earnings
     --9 has particulars:
     tranche; dispensation; dole; way; ration; allowance; slice, piece; split; interest, stake; profit sharing; cut; allotment, allocation
  10. contribution, part, share - any one of a number of individual efforts in a common endeavor; "I am proud of my contribution to the team's success"; "they all did their share of the work"
    --10 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
    --10 has particulars: end
  11. part, voice - the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music; "he tried to sing the tenor part"
    --11 is a kind of tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase
    --11 has particulars:
     primo; secondo; voice part; accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support; bass, bass part
  12. part - a line where the hair is parted; "his part was right in the middle"
    --12 is a kind of     line
    --12 is a part of hair
,Verb part has 5 senses
  1. separate, part, split - go one's own away; move apart; "The friends separated after the party"
    --1 is one way to move
    Derived form: noun parting1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
  2. separate, part, split up, split, break, break up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off - leave; "The family took off for Florida"
    --3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
    Derived form: noun parting1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. separate, divide, part - come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
    --4 is one way to change
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  5. separate, disunite, divide, part - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
    --5 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentence:
    They part their hair
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