| inglese > italiano | |
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| crab | |
| 1. sost. (Glossa;zoologia) (gastronomia) granchio | |
| 2. sost. (Glossa;botanica) mela selvatica, melo selvatico | |
| 3. sost. (Glossa;argano) zappe a fune di sollevamento | |
| inglese > inglese | |
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| crab | |
| 1. subst. 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. subst. The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat | |
| 3. subst. A bad-tempered person. | |
| 4. subst. (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. subst. (slang) A playing card with the rank of three. | |
| 6. subst. (rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water. | |
| 7. subst. 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. subst. The crab apple or wild apple. | |
| 16. subst. The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use. | |
| 17. subst. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. | |
| 18. subst. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. | |
| 19. subst. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. | |
| 20. subst. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. | |
| 21. subst. 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. subst. The tree species , native of South America. | |
| 26. subst. Short for carabiner. | |
| italiano > inglese | |
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| granchio | |
| 1. subst. crab (animal) | |
| 2. subst. (figuratively) mistake | |
