fang
noun
- 1
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
- 2
(in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
verb
- 1
To strike or attack with the fangs.
- 2
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
verb
- 1
To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
- 2
To take; receive with assent; accept.
- 3
(as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
- 4
(a thing given or imposed) To receive.
- 5
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
noun
- 1
A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
- 2
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
- 3
Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
- 4
A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
- 5
(in the plural) Cage-shuts.
- 6
The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- 7
The valve of a pump box.
verb
- 1
To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
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