Word: crab

Category: crab

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Related words: crab

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Synonyms: crab

eyeglass

Translations: crab

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spanish
Translations:
cangrejo
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german
Translations:
laufkatze, nörgeln, krabbe, nörgelei, nörgler, winde, taschenkrebs, krebs
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french
Translations:
cancre, crabe, tourteau
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italian
Translations:
granchio
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portuguese
Translations:
caranguejo, animal
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dutch
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krab
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russian
Translations:
неудача, неудобство, краб, вилки, рак
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norwegian
Translations:
krabbe
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swedish
Translations:
krabba
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finnish
Translations:
taskurapu, parjata
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danish
Translations:
krabbe
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czech
Translations:
krab
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polish
Translations:
rak, dźwig, krab
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hungarian
Translations:
kritika, tarisznyarák, bírálat, elmozdulás, kötél, gerendely, láncbak, hengerkerék, vasháromláb, kötéloszlop, ...
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turkish
Translations:
pavurya, yengeç, çağanoz
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greek
Translations:
καβουράκι
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ukrainian
Translations:
краб, невдача, рак, незручність, дратівливий
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estonian
Translations:
satikas, krabi
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croatian
Translations:
rakovica-golema, račić
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latin
Translations:
cancer
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slovenian
Translations:
rak
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slovak
Translations:
krab

The meaning and "use of": crab

noun
  • a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, especially in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land. - Without warning the stalks supporting the crab 's beady black eyes shoot straight up at me.
  • a louse that infests human body hair, especially in the genital region, causing extreme irritation. - The third species is the pubic louse, Phthirus pubis, commonly known as the crab louse .
  • an irritable person. - I snickered, and asked, ‘Did you at least manage to blast that old crab into smithereens?’
verb
  • move sideways or obliquely. - he began crabbing sideways across the roof
  • fish for crabs. - They used to go duck hunting and crabbing and fishing and that's how they survived and raised all the family.
  • grumble, typically about something petty. - on picnics, I would crab about sand in my food
  • act so as to spoil. - you're trying to crab my act

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