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1. (n.) shark
any of various predatory cartilaginous fishes of the order Selachii, having a rough scaleless skin, a wide mouth on the underside of the head, and five to seven gill slits on each side: some attack humans.
2. (n.) shark
a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
3. shark
Informal. a person who has unusual ability in a particular field.
4. (v.t.) shark
Archaic. to obtain by trickery or fraud; steal.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < dial. G Schork, var. of Schurke rascal)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shark
any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
2. (noun) shark
a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
3. (verb) shark
a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
"a card shark"
4. (verb) shark
play the shark; act with trickery
5. (verb) shark
hunt shark
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1. (noun) shark
a large ocean fish with teeth and a fin on its back
a great white shark
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. shark
any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas
2. shark
a rapacious, artful person; a sharper
3. shark
trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark
4. (verb) shark
to pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly
5. (verb) shark
to play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle
6. (verb) shark
to live by shifts and stratagems
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Sense: a type of large, fierce, flesh-eating fish.
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 Afrikaans: haai |
 Arabic: سَمَك القِرْش |
 Bulgarian: акула |
 Brazilian: tubarão |
 Czech: žralok |
 German: der Hai |
 Danish: haj |
 Greek: καρχαρίας |
 Spanish: tiburón |
 Estonian: hai |
 Farsi: كوسه |
 Finnish: hai |
 French: requin |
 Hebrew: כָּרִיש |
 Hindi: शार्क मछली |
 Croatian: morski pas |
 Hungarian: cápa |
 Indonesian: hiu |
 Icelandic: hákarl |
 Italian: squalo |
 Japanese: さめ |
 Korean: 상어 |
 Lithuanian: ryklys |
 Latvian: haizivs |
 Malay: jerung |
 Dutch: haai |
 Norwegian: hai |
 Polish: rekin |
 Persian: كوسه |
 Pashto: شارك، يو ډول داړونكى كب چ |
 Portuguese: tubarão |
 Romanian: rechin |
 Russian: акула |
 Slovak: žralok |
 Slovenian: morski pes |
 Serbian: ajkula |
 Swedish: haj |
 Thai: ปลาฉลาม |
 Turkish: köpekbalığı |
 Taiwanese: 鯊魚 |
 Ukrainian: акула |
 Urdu: شارک، ایک خونخوار قسم کی |
 Vietnamese: cá mập |
 Chinese: 鲨鱼 |
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