fang.
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
Meaning & usage
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
Where this word comes from
From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
To strike or attack with the fangs.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Where this word comes from
From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
To catch, capture; seize.
To take; receive with assent; accept.
To receive with hospitality.
To receive.
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fangen, fongen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with North Frisian fo, fu, füünj (“to get, obtain, receive”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen, fahen (“to catch”), Low German fangen (“to catch”), Luxembourgish fänken (“to catch”), Faroese fá, fáa (“to get; to catch”), Icelandic fá (“to get, receive”), Danish, Norwegian, Swedish få (“to get, receive”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of trap or noose.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of root, a major projection of a plant's root system.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of claw or talon.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
Any item, body part, or projection used for or capable of catching or seizing, particularly Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
Synonym of vang, a line extended from the end of a gaff to control its position.
The valve of a pump-box.
A channel cut or pipe set for the purpose of carrying fresh air to working miners.
Catches on which a coalmining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
Where this word comes from
The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.
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