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1. (n.) crab
any decapod crustacean of the suborder Brachyura, having a wide and flattened body, with a small abdomen folded under the thorax.
2. crab
any of various crablike arthropods, as the horseshoe crab.
3. crab
(cap.)
4. crab
(cap.) the CrabNebula.
5. crab
a mechanical contrivance for hoisting or pulling heavy weights.
6. crab
a maneuver in which an aircraft is headed partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
7. crab
crabs,
8. (v.i.) crab
to fish for crabs.
9. crab
to move sideways with short bursts of speed; scuttle.
10. crab
(of an aircraft) to head partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
11. (v.t.) crab
to move (a vehicle or object) sideways or obliquely, esp. with short, abrupt movements.
12. crab
to head (an aircraft) partly into the wind to compensate for drift.
13. (n.) crab
a crab apple fruit or tree.
14. (n.) crab
an ill-tempered person.
15. (v.i.) crab
to find fault; complain.
16. (v.t.) crab
to make ill-tempered.
17. crab
to find fault with.
18. crab
to spoil; ruin.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME; back formation from crabbed)
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| Definition of 'crab' |
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1. (noun) crab
decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
2. (noun) crab, crabby person
a quarrelsome grouch
3. (noun) Cancer, Crab
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
4. (noun) Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab
the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
5. (noun) crab, crabmeat
the edible flesh of any of various crabs
6. (noun) crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis
a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
7. (verb) crab
a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
"he caught a crab and lost the race"
8. (verb) crab
direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
9. (verb) crab
scurry sideways like a crab
10. (verb) crab
fish for crab
11. (verb) gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler
complain
"What was he hollering about?"
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1. (noun) crab
a sea creature with a shell that walks sideways, or its meat
We had crab for dinner.
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| Definition of 'crab' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) crab
a crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste
2. (adj) crab
a cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick
3. (adj) crab
a movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc
4. (adj) crab
a form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc
5. (adj) crab
a machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn
6. (adj) crab
a claw for anchoring a portable machine
7. (adj) crab
sour; rough; austere
8. (noun) 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
9. (noun) crab
the zodiacal constellation Cancer
10. (verb) crab
to make sour or morose; to embitter
11. (verb) crab
to beat with a crabstick
12. (verb) crab
to drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel
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Sense: an edible sea animal with a shell and five pairs of legs, the first pair having claws.
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 Afrikaans: krap |
 Arabic: سَرَطان بَحْـر |
 Bulgarian: рак |
 Brazilian: caranguejo |
 Czech: krab |
 German: der Krebs |
 Danish: krabbe |
 Greek: καβούρι |
 Spanish: cangrejo |
 Estonian: krabi |
 Farsi: خرچنگ |
 Finnish: rapu |
 French: crabe |
 Hebrew: סַרטָן |
 Hindi: केकड़ा |
 Croatian: rak |
 Hungarian: (tengeri) rák |
 Indonesian: kepiting |
 Icelandic: krabbi |
 Italian: granchio |
 Japanese: かに |
 Korean: 게 |
 Lithuanian: krabas |
 Latvian: krabis; jūras vēzis |
 Malay: ketam |
 Dutch: krab |
 Norwegian: krabbe |
 Polish: krab |
 Persian: خرچنگ |
 Pashto: چنګاښ |
 Romanian: crab |
 Russian: краб |
 Slovak: krab |
 Slovenian: rakovica |
 Serbian: kraba |
 Swedish: krabba |
 Thai: ปู |
 Turkish: yengeç |
 Taiwanese: 螃蟹 |
 Ukrainian: краб |
 Urdu: كيكڑا، سرطان |
 Vietnamese: con cua |
 Chinese: 螃蟹 |
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