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| spider |
| 1. n. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| 2. n. (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information. |
| 3. n. (chiefly Australia, and New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade). |
| 4. n. (slang) A spindly person. |
| 5. n. (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar. |
| 6. n. (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge. |
| 7. n. (cookware, US, UK, chiefly historical, and now dialectal) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery. |
| 8. n. (cooking) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer |
| 9. n. A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached |
| 10. n. (slang) Heroin (street drug). |
| 11. n. (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points. |
| 12. n. A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a |
| 13. n. (fly fishing, England,) a soft-hackle fly |
| 14. n. (sports) The network of wires separating the areas of a dartboard |
| 15. v. To move like a spider. |
| 16. v. To cover a surface like a cobweb. |
| 17. v. (Internet, of a computer program) To follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information. |
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| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| spindel |
| 1. n-c. a spider (arachnid) |
| 2. n-c. a spindle, the rotating part of a machine |
| 3. n-c. a link-following program on the World Wide Web |
