fang

Meanings

Plural: fangs

Noun

• a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
• an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
• canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
• hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
• A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
• A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
• Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
• A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
• That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
• Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
• A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
• Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
• The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
• The valve of a pump box.

Verb

• To strike or attack with the fangs.
• To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
• 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.
• To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
• To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.

Synonyms

accept, acquire, appropriate, attain, bag, beclasp, begrasp, begrip, belock, booty, cage-shuts, catch, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, come by, cop, enclasp, enlist, expropriate, fang, fondle, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, greet, grip, hang on, help oneself, hold, hold on, hold tight, hook, impropriate, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, make free with, nab, nim, obtain, pocket, procure, receive, sack, score, secure, seize, snag, stranglehold, take, welcome, win

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