Crab | One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and
usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or
carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. |
Crab | The zodiacal constellation Cancer. |
Crab | A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste. |
Crab | A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. |
Crab | A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with
derricks, etc. |
Crab | A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into
dock, etc. |
Crab | A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. |
Crab | A claw for anchoring a portable machine. |
Crab | To make sour or morose; to embitter. |
Crab | To beat with a crabstick. |
Crab | To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. |
Crab | Sour; rough; austere. |
Cancer, Crab, Cancer, Crab, Cancer the Crab, crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis, crabby person, crabmeat, beef, squawk, holler, gripe, bellyache, grouse,
crabby person, Cancer, Crab, Cancer the Crab, crabmeat, crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis, churl, crank, crosspatch, decapod, decapod crustacean, grouch, grump, house, individual, louse, mansion, mortal, person, planetary house, row, rowing, shellfish, sign, sign of the zodiac, somebody, someone, soul, star sign, sucking louse,
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(noun) decapod crustacean (generic term)|decapod (generic term)
(noun) crabby person|grouch (generic term)|grump (generic term)|crank (generic term)|churl (generic term)|crosspatch (generic term)
(noun) Cancer|Crab|person (generic term)|individual (generic term)|someone (generic term)|somebody (generic term)|mortal (generic term)|soul (generic term)
(noun) Cancer|Cancer the Crab|Crab|sign of the zodiac (generic term)|star sign (generic term)|sign (generic term)|mansion (generic term)|house (generic term)|planetary house (generic term)
(noun) crabmeat|shellfish (generic term)
(noun) crab louse|pubic louse|Phthirius pubis|louse (generic term)|sucking louse (generic term)
(noun) rowing (generic term)|row (generic term)
(verb) steer (generic term)|maneuver (generic term)|manoeuver (generic term)|manoeuvre (generic term)|direct (generic term)|point (generic term)|head (generic term)|guide (generic term)|channelize (generic term)|channelise (generic term)
(verb) scurry (generic term)|scamper (generic term)|skitter (generic term)|scuttle (generic term)
(verb) fish (generic term)
(verb) gripe|grouse|beef|squawk|bellyache|holler|complain (generic term)|kick (generic term)|plain (generic term)|sound off (generic term)|quetch (generic term)|kvetch (generic term)
Antonyms:
Nothing antonyms found for term: crab
English explanatory dictionary
Use in sentenses
English |
Czech |
Merrian-Webster dictionary
Term |
Word class |
Description |
crab | noun | an ill-tempered person CROSSPATCH |
crab | noun | CRAB APPLE |
crab | verb | sPOIL, RUIN |
crab | noun | the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind |
crab | verb | to fish for crabs |
Use phrase in quotation
Autor |
Citát |
Frederick Pollock | Crabbed and obscure definitions are of no use beyond a narrow circle of students, of whom probably every one has a pet one of his own. |