fang

/fæŋ/

noun

  1. 1

    A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh

  2. 2

    (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

verb

  1. 1

    To strike or attack with the fangs.

  2. 2

    To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.

verb

  1. 1

    To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.

  2. 2

    To take; receive with assent; accept.

  3. 3

    (as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.

  4. 4

    (a thing given or imposed) To receive.

  5. 5

    To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

noun

  1. 1

    A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.

  2. 2

    That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.

  3. 3

    Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.

  4. 4

    A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.

  5. 5

    (in the plural) Cage-shuts.

  6. 6

    The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.

  7. 7

    The valve of a pump box.

verb

  1. 1

    To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

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