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English noun: crab | |||
| 1. | crab (animal) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decapod, decapod crustacean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, Cancer borealis, Cancer irroratus, Cancer magister, Dungeness crab, fiddler crab, hard-shell crab, Jonah crab, king crab, Menippe mercenaria, Paralithodes camtschatica, pea crab, rock crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, spider crab, stone crab, swimming crab | ||
| Member meronym | Brachyura, suborder Brachyura | ||
| 2. | crab (person) a quarrelsome grouch | ||
| Synonyms | crabby person | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | churl, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump | ||
| 3. | Crab (person) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer | ||
| Synonyms | Cancer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| Domain category | astrology, star divination | ||
| 4. | Crab (location) the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22 | ||
| Synonyms | Cancer, Cancer the Crab | ||
| Instance hypernym | house, mansion, planetary house, sign, sign of the zodiac, star sign | ||
| 5. | crab (food) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | ||
| Synonyms | crabmeat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | shellfish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Alaska crab, Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, blue crab, crab legs, Dungeness crab, Japanese crab, king crab, soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab, stone crab | ||
| Part meronym | crab cocktail | ||
| 6. | crab (animal) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | ||
| Synonyms | crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | louse, sucking louse | ||
| Member meronym | genus Phthirius, genus Phthirus, Phthirius, Phthirus | ||
| 7. | crab (act) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | ||
| Samples | He caught a crab and lost the race. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | row, rowing | ||
English verb: crab | |||
| 1. | crab (motion) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | ||
| Domain category | air, air travel, aviation | ||
| 2. | crab (motion) scurry sideways like a crab | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter | ||
| 3. | crab (competition) fish for crab | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and crab | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fish | ||
| 4. | crab (communication) complain | ||
| Samples | What was he hollering about?. | ||
| Synonyms | beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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