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Noun crab has 7 senses
- crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
--1 is a kind of decapod crustacean, decapod
--1 is a member of Brachyura, suborder Brachyura
--1 has particulars:
- crab, crabby person - a quarrelsome grouch
--2 is a kind of grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch
- Cancer, Crab - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
--3 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab - the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
--4 is a kind of sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
- crab, crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
--5 is a kind of shellfish
--5 is a part of crab cocktail
--5 has particulars:
- crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis - infests the pubic region of the human body
--6 is a kind of louse, sucking louse
--6 is a member of Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus
- crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
--7 is a kind of rowing, row
Verb crab has 4 senses
- crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
--1 is one way to steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- crab - scurry sideways like a crab
--2 is one way to scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- crab - fish for crab
--3 is one way to fish
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and crab
- gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler - complain; "What was he hollering about?"
--4 is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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