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| crab |
| 1. krab |
| Engels > Engels |
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| crab |
| 1. n. A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace. |
| 2. n. The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat |
| 3. n. A bad-tempered person. |
| 4. n. (in plural crabs, informal) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis). |
| Although crabs themselves are an easily treated inconvenience, the patient and his partner(s) clearly run major STD risks. |
| 5. n. (slang) A playing card with the rank of three. |
| 6. n. (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water. |
| 7. n. A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use. |
| 8. v. (intransitive) To fish for crabs. |
| 9. v. (transitive, US, slang) To ruin. |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To complain. |
| 11. v. (intransitive) To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab). |
| 12. v. To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course. |
| 13. v. (obsolete, World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk. |
| 14. v. (rare) To back out of something. |
| 15. n. The crab apple or wild apple. |
| 16. n. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use. |
| 17. n. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. |
| 18. n. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. |
| 19. n. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. |
| 20. n. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. |
| 21. n. A claw for anchoring a portable machine. |
| 22. v. (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour |
| 23. v. To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault. |
| 24. v. (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick |
| 25. n. The tree species , native of South America. |
| 26. n. Short for carabiner. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| krab |
| 1. n-f. (zoology) crab, crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura |
| 2. v. imperative of krabben |
