Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - crab
Crab
crab
1. n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh of a crab, esp. Cancer pagurus, as food. 2 (the Crab) the zodiacal sign or constellation Cancer. 3 (in full crab-louse) (often in pl.) a parasitic louse, Phthirus pubis, infesting hairy parts of the body and causing extreme irritation. 4 a machine for hoisting heavy weights. Phrases and idioms catch a crab Rowing effect a faulty stroke in which the oar is jammed under water or misses the water altogether. crab-grass US a creeping grass infesting lawns. crab-pot a wicker trap for crabs. Derivatives crablike adj. Etymology: OE crabba, rel. to ON krafla scratch 2. n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of several trees bearing this fruit. 3 a sour person. Etymology: ME, perh. alt. (after CRAB(1) or CRABBED) of earlier scrab, prob. of Scand. orig. 3. v. (crabbed, crabbing) colloq. 1 tr. & intr. criticize adversely or captiously; grumble. 2 tr. act so as to spoil (the mistake crabbed his chances). Etymology: orig. of hawks fighting, f. MLG krabben
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I. noun Usage: often attributive see: carve Date: before 12th century any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:, any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers, any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true ~s in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen, cancer 1, infestation with ~ lice, the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind, II. verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1657 intransitive verb to fish for ~s, 2. a. to move sideways indirectly or diagonally, to ~ an airplane, to scuttle or scurry sideways, transitive verb to cause to move sideways or in an indirect or diagonal manner, to subject to ~bing, ~ber noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be, perhaps from ~be 1~ Date: 14th century ~ apple, IV. noun Date: 1580 an ill-tempered person ; grouch, V. verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: Middle English ~ben, probably back-formation from ~bed Date: 1662 transitive verb to make sullen ; sour , to complain about peevishly, spoil, ruin, intransitive verb carp, grouse , ~ber noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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