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noun
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
- A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
- A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
- a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
verb
adj
noun
- A hermit crab.
- Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.
- A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
- A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
- one who lives in solitude
- one retired from society for religious reasons
noun
noun
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
noun
noun
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
- (figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- (Cornwall, mining) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
- common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- common edible European bivalve
verb
prefix
noun
- The shell of this sea animal.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
verb
noun
- A horseshoe crab.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- the shell of a clam
- The shell of a clam.
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
- (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
- A hinged case for a video tape, cassette tape, or video game cartridge.
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
- Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
- (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
verb
- To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
- To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
- (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
noun
- The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
- (astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of any terrestrial planet.
- The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
- (British, Australia, informal) A living.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
- The bread-like base of a pizza.
- A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- An outer layer composed of pastry
- (uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
- (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
- (music) Ellipsis of crust punk, a subgenre of punk music.
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- the outer layer of the Earth
- a hard outer layer that covers something
verb
noun
noun
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- A fish, the cunner.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- A king crab (crustacean of subfamily Lithodinae).
- large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
- A mangrove stone crab (Myomenippe hardwickii, family Menippidae.
- A hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta, family Lomisidae)
- A Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria, family Menippidae.
- pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A light blow with something flat.
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- a quarrel about petty points
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
verb
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
- simple past and past participle of spit
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
- clap one's hands together
- become permanently attached
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- come down like raindrops
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- spawn
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
noun
- A group of crabs.
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
adj
verb
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
noun
- A sentinel crab.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- mollusk with a low conical shell
- any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
- Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
- large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
- a large spider crab of Europe
- meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
noun
- A red rock crab.
- crab of eastern coast of North America
- Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America
- Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab
- Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America.
noun
- An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
- Something to be peeled.
- A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
- Someone who breaks horses.
- One who peels.
- (surfing) An ideal wave.
- Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
- An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
- (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
- A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A police officer.
- (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
- A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
- a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
- a device for peeling vegetables or fruits
- a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
noun
- A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
- A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
- A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
- a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
verb
adj
noun
- A hermit crab.
- Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.
- A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
- A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
- one who lives in solitude
- one retired from society for religious reasons
noun
noun
- A crab of species Portunus pelagicus
- bluish edible crab of Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of North America
- Any member of either of two groups of crab:
- especially of species Callinectes sapidus of eastern US
- (by ellipsis) Any of several species of crab with three-part vernacular names. (See Derived terms and Related terms below.)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blue crab.
- Any crab of genus Callinectes
- Atlantic crab; most common source of fresh crabmeat
noun
noun
- The shell of such a mollusk.
- A kiln for drying hops; an oast.
- (figurative, in the plural) Chiefly in cockles of someone's heart: a person's innermost feelings.
- (Cockney rhyming slang) A £10 note; a tenner.
- (directly from French coquille) A wrinkle, pucker
- Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.
- The fire chamber of a furnace.
- Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).
- The dome of a heating furnace.
- (by extension) A defect in sheepskin; firm dark nodules caused by the bites of keds on live sheep
- (Cornwall, mining) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl.
- common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- common edible European bivalve
verb
noun
- The shell of this sea animal.
- Synonym of concher (“machine used to refine the flavour and texture of chocolate”).
- (architecture) The semidome of an apse, or the apse itself.
- A musical instrument made from a large spiral seashell, somewhat like a trumpet.
- A marine gastropod of the family Strombidae which lives in its own spiral shell.
- any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip
verb
noun
- A horseshoe crab.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
noun
- the shell of a clam
- The shell of a clam.
- a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
- In food service, the closing box (usually styrofoam but sometimes cardboard) given to consumers with takeout food.
- (music) An amphitheater, especially an outdoor amphitheater; the semi-circular acoustic backdrop behind and above the performers.
- A hinged case for a video tape, cassette tape, or video game cartridge.
- A dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
- Any object that, in (literal or figurative) resemblance to the shell of a clam, has a hinge on one edge and two surfaces that close together.
- (often attributive) Any object with some other resemblance to either one or both halves of the shell of a clam.
verb
- To compress or flatten underwater debris so as to avoid blocking a channel.
- To dig out by means of a clamshell (dredging bucket).
- (manufacturing) To deform a die in a shape resembling the shell of a clam, as a result of uneven extrusion pressure.
- (ambitransitive) To open or close by means of a hinge, similar to the way a clamshell opens and closes.
noun
- The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
- (astronomy, by extension) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of any terrestrial planet.
- The external, hardened layer of certain foodstuffs, including most types of bread, fried meat, etc.
- (British, Australia, informal) A living.
- (British, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.
- The bread-like base of a pizza.
- A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
- An outer layer composed of pastry
- (uncountable, informal) Nerve, gall.
- (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
- (music) Ellipsis of crust punk, a subgenre of punk music.
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- the outer layer of the Earth
- a hard outer layer that covers something
verb
noun
noun
- The claws of a crab or lobster.
- (historical) A boy working as a navvies' assistant.
- (usually in the plural) Any of various devices (as pincers) for nipping.
- (Canada, slang, Newfoundland) A mosquito.
- A young bluefish.
- One of a pair of automatically locking handcuffs.
- A fish, the cunner.
- (Australia) A child aged from 5 to 13 in the Australian surf life-saving clubs.
- One who, or that which, nips.
- (historical) One of the gloves or mittens worn by fishermen to protect their hands from cold and abrasion.
- (British, informal) A child.
- a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods
- a young person of either sex
verb
noun
- A king crab (crustacean of subfamily Lithodinae).
- large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida)
- A mangrove stone crab (Myomenippe hardwickii, family Menippidae.
- A hairy stone crab (Lomis hirta, family Lomisidae)
- A Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria, family Menippidae.
- pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor; found in Florida but now very rare
noun
- The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
- The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
- Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
- Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
- A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
- Ellipsis of mustard gas.
- One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
- (baseball, colloquial) Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).
- any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica
- pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
- leaves eaten as cooked greens
adj
noun
- A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
- An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.
- (automotive, UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a car.
- A light blow with something flat.
- A brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
- The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
- (aviation) A drag-reducing aerodynamic fairing covering the upper portions of the tyres of an aeroplane equipped with non-retractable landing gear.
- (often in the plural) A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
- a young oyster or other bivalve
- a quarrel about petty points
- a cloth covering (a legging) that covers the instep and ankles
verb
- (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
- (intransitive, originally US) To quarrel or argue pettily briefly.
- simple past and past participle of spit
- (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
- (ambitransitive) To spawn, used of shellfish as above.
- clap one's hands together
- become permanently attached
- engage in a brief and petty quarrel
- come down like raindrops
- strike with a sound like that of falling rain
- spawn
- clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
noun
- A group of crabs.
- The casting procedure.
- (firearms) The measurement of the angle of a shotgun stock from a top-view center line, used to align the shotgun to the shooter's eye.
- Visual appearance.
- A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
- (art) The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
- (fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
- A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
- The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
- (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
- The mould used to make cast objects.
- The number rolled on a die when it is thrown.
- An object made in a mould.
- An act of throwing.
- Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
- Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
- A squint.
- A chance or attempt at something.
- the act of throwing a fishing line out over the water by means of a rod and reel
- object formed by a mold
- the actors in a play
- container into which liquid is poured to create a given shape when it hardens
- the act of throwing dice
- the distinctive form in which a thing is made
- the visual appearance of something or someone
- a violent throw
- bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
adj
verb
- (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
- To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide.
- (of an animal) To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat.
- To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan.
- To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
- To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea.
- (botany) To shed leaves or fruit prematurely.
- (transitive) To assign (a role in a play or performance).
- (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
- (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
- (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
- (dated outside accounting) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
- To throw down or aside.
- (media) To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television.
- (transitive) To describe in an opinionated way. Mostly used with a metaphor involving light.
- (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
- (obsolete except in set phrases) To remove, take off (clothes).
- To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
- (astrology) To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.).
- (now somewhat literary) To throw.
- To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
- To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
- To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
- To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
- (transitive) To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor).
- (nautical) To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water.
- form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold
- deposit
- formulate in a particular style or language
- assign the roles of (a movie or a play) to actors
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- choose at random
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- select to play,sing, or dance a part in a play, movie, musical, opera, or ballet
- put or send forth
- to remove
- throw forcefully
noun
- A sentinel crab.
- (computer science) A unique value recognised by a computer program for processing in a special way, or marking the end of a set of data.
- (attributive, medicine, epidemiology) A sign of a health risk (e.g. a disease, an adverse effect).
- A sentry, watch, or guard.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- mollusk with a low conical shell
- any of various usually marine gastropods with low conical shells; found clinging to rocks in littoral areas
- (British) Someone clingy or dependent; someone disregarding or ignorant of another's personal space.
- Any of various gastropods with a conical shell shape patelliform and a strong, muscular foot that they use to create strong suction to cling onto rocks or other hard surfaces.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- A horseshoe crab (Xiphosura spp.).
- Any highly prized crab-like crustacean in the subfamily Lithodinae.
- (poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
- large edible crab of northern Pacific waters especially along the coasts of Alaska and Japan
- large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse
- a large spider crab of Europe
- meat of large cold-water crab; mainly leg meat
noun
- A red rock crab.
- crab of eastern coast of North America
- Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America
- Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab
- Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America.
noun
- A horseshoe crab.
- the edible flesh of any of various crabs
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- (Singapore, military, slang) On an insignia, a coat of arms symbol representing a senior rank.
- (uncountable, aviation) Ellipsis of crab angle.
- (poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
- (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- (informal) Clipping of carabiner, modified based on likening the shape of a carabiner to a crab's claw.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- (uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat.
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- Any of various crustacean in the infraorder Anomura, usually excluding squat lobsters.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- (derogatory, Blood slang) A member of the Crips.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A bad-tempered person.
- decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
- a quarrelsome grouch
- a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
- a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
verb
- fish for crab
- scurry sideways like a crab
- (rare) To back out of something.
- (transitive, aviation) To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- (zoology, of sugar gliders) To make a loud, rapid rattling sound when scared, stressed, or agitated.
- (transitive, US, slang) To ruin.
- (transitive) To complain about.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- (intransitive) To fish for crabs.
- (intransitive) To complain.
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To move in a manner that involves keeping low and clinging to surfaces.
- (transitive, film, television) To move (a camera) sideways.
- complain
- direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind