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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G.
     krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and
     perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are
        mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body,
        covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is
        small and curled up beneath the body.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to
           certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was
           sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species
           are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being
           one of the most esteemed. The large European edible
           crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue
           crabs that have recently cast their shells. See
           Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit
           crab, Spider crab, etc., under Box, Fiddler.
           etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. [See Crab, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its
        harsh taste.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl,
              Then nightly sings the staring owl.   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
        [Obs.] --Garrick.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mech.)
        (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing,
            used with derricks, etc.
        (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling
            ships into dock, etc.
        (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
        (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     Calling crab. (Zo["o]l.) See Fiddler., n., 2.
  
     Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also,
        the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple
        ({Pyrus Malus var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple
        ({Pyrus baccata); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}).
        
  
     Crab grass. (Bot.)
        (a) A grass ({Digitaria sanguinalis syn. Panicum
            sanguinalis); -- called also finger grass.
        Eleusine+({Eleusine+Indica" rel="nofollow">(b) A grass of the genus Eleusine ({Eleusine Indica);
            -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc.
            
  
     Crab louse (Zo["o]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius
        pubis), sometimes infesting the human body.
  
     Crab plover (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas
        ardeola).
  
     Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous
        matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either
        side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and
        formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid
        purposes; the gastroliths.
  
     Crab spider (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of spiders
        ({Laterigrad[ae]); -- called because they can run
        backwards or sideways like a crab.
  
     Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies.
  
     Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which
        takes a high polish. --McElrath.
  
     To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower:
        (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water;
        (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a
            stroke.
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), v. t.
     1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Sickness sours or crabs our nature.   --Glanvill.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crab \Crab\, v. i. (Naut.)
     To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. --Ham. Nav.
     Encyc.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Crab \Crab\, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]
     Sour; rough; austere.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G.
     krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and
     perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are
        mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body,
        covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is
        small and curled up beneath the body.
  
     Note: The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to
           certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was
           sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species
           are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being
           one of the most esteemed. The large European edible
           crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue
           crabs that have recently cast their shells. See
           Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit
           crab, Spider crab, etc., under Box, Fiddler.
           etc.
  
     2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
  
     3. [See Crab, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its
        harsh taste.
  
              When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly
              sings the staring owl.                --Shak.
  
     4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
        [Obs.] --Garrick.
  
     5. (Mech.)
        (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing,
            used with derricks, etc.
        (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling
            ships into dock, etc.
        (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
        (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
  
     Calling crab. (Zo["o]l.) See Fiddler., n., 2.
  
     Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also,
        the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple
        ({Pyrus Malus var. sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple
        ({Pyrus baccata); and the American ({Pyrus coronaria}).
        
  
     Crab grass. (Bot.)
        (a) A grass ({Digitaria, or Panicum, sanguinalis); --
            called also finger grass.
        Eleusine+({E.+Indica" rel="nofollow">(b) A grass of the genus Eleusine ({E. Indica); --
            called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc.
  
     Crab louse (Zo["o]l.), a species of louse ({Phthirius
        pubis), sometimes infesting the human body.
  
     Crab plover (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic plover ({Dromas
        ardeola).
  
     Crab's eyes, or Crab's stones, masses of calcareous
        matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either
        side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and
        formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid
        purposes; the gastroliths.
  
     Crab spider (Zo["o]l.), one of a group of spiders
        ({Laterigrad[ae]); -- called because they can run
        backwards or sideways like a crab.
  
     Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies.
  
     Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which
        takes a high polish. --McElrath.
  
     To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower:
        (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water;
        (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a
            stroke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crab \Crab\ (kr[a^]b), v. t.
     1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.]
  
              Sickness sours or crabs our nature.   --Glanvill.
  
     2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crab \Crab\, v. i. (Naut.)
     To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. --Ham. Nav.
     Encyc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Crab \Crab\, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.]
     Sour; rough; austere.
  
           The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  crab
       n 1: decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened
            carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax
            and pincers
       2: a quarrelsome grouch [syn: crabby person]
       3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
          [syn: Cancer]
       4: the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
          about June 21 to July 22 [syn: Cancer, Cancer the Crab]
       5: the edible flesh of any of various crabs [syn: crabmeat]
       6: infests the pubic region of the human body [syn: crab louse,
           pubic louse, Phthirius pubis]
       7: a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too
          deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
       v 1: direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
       2: scurry sideways like a crab
       3: fish for crab
       4: complain; "What was he hollering about?" [syn: gripe, grouse,
           beef, squawk, bellyache, holler]
       [also: crabbing, crabbed]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     Αγγλικά n.
     (''ζωολογία'') ο κάβουρας

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     n.
     1 (senseid en crustacean) A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura,
  having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of
  claws, and a carapace.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food;
  crabmeat.
     3 A bad-tempered person.
     4 (lb en in plural '''crabs''' informal) An infestation of pubic lice
  (''Pthirus pubis'').
     5 (lb en uncountable aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose
  is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during
  an approach to landing; its crab angle.
     6 (lb en uncountable aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being
  pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an
  approach to landing.
     7 (lb en slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
     8 (lb en rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under
  the rigger by the force of the water.
     9 A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it
  inconvenient and troublesome to use.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To fish for crabs.
     2 (lb en transitive US slang) To ruin.
     n.
     1 (senseid en apple) The crab apple or wild apple.
     2 The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark
  with medical use.
     3 A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
     2 To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
     3 (lb en British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
     n.
     The tree species (taxlink Carapa guianensis species ver=191231),
  native to South America.
     n.
     (lb en informal) (short for en carabiner)
     Romanian n.
     (l en crab)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     n.
     1 (senseid en crustacean) A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura,
  having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of
  claws, and a carapace.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food;
  crabmeat.
     3 A bad-tempered person.
     4 (lb en in plural '''crabs''' informal) An infestation of pubic lice
  (''Pthirus pubis'').
     5 (lb en uncountable aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose
  is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during
  an approach to landing; its crab angle.
     6 (lb en uncountable aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being
  pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an
  approach to landing.
     7 (lb en slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
     8 (lb en rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under
  the rigger by the force of the water.
     9 A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it
  inconvenient and troublesome to use.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To fish for crabs.
     2 (lb en transitive US slang) To ruin.
     n.
     1 (senseid en apple) The crab apple or wild apple.
     2 The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark
  with medical use.
     3 A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
     2 To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
     3 (lb en British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
     n.
     The tree species (taxlink Carapa guianensis species ver=191231),
  native to South America.
     n.
     (lb en informal) (short for en carabiner)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     n.
     1 (senseid en crustacean) A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura,
  having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of
  claws, and a carapace.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food;
  crabmeat.
     3 A bad-tempered person.
     4 (lb en in plural '''crabs''' informal) An infestation of pubic lice
  (''Pthirus pubis'').
     5 (lb en uncountable aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose
  is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during
  an approach to landing; its crab angle.
     6 (lb en uncountable aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being
  pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an
  approach to landing.
     7 (lb en slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
     8 (lb en rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under
  the rigger by the force of the water.
     9 A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it
  inconvenient and troublesome to use.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To fish for crabs.
     2 (lb en transitive US slang) To ruin.
     n.
     1 (senseid en apple) The crab apple or wild apple.
     2 The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark
  with medical use.
     3 A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
     2 To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
     3 (lb en British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
     n.
     The tree species (taxlink Carapa guianensis species ver=191231),
  native to South America.
     n.
     (lb en informal) (short for en carabiner)
     Romanian n.
     (l en crab)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     n.
     1 (senseid en crustacean) A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura,
  having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of
  claws, and a carapace.
     2 (lb en uncountable) The meat of this crustacean, served as food;
  crabmeat.
     3 A bad-tempered person.
     4 (lb en in plural '''crabs''' informal) An infestation of pubic lice
  (''Pthirus pubis'').
     5 (lb en uncountable aviation) The angle by which an aircraft's nose
  is pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during
  an approach to landing; its crab angle.
     6 (lb en uncountable aviation) The state of an aircraft's nose being
  pointed upwind of its groundtrack to compensate for crosswinds during an
  approach to landing.
     7 (lb en slang) A playing card with the rank of three.
     8 (lb en rowing) A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under
  the rigger by the force of the water.
     9 A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it
  inconvenient and troublesome to use.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To fish for crabs.
     2 (lb en transitive US slang) To ruin.
     n.
     1 (senseid en apple) The crab apple or wild apple.
     2 The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark
  with medical use.
     3 A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
     2 To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
     3 (lb en British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
     n.
     The tree species (taxlink Carapa guianensis species ver=191231),
  native to South America.
     n.
     (lb en informal) (short for en carabiner)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  crab
     Englanti n.
     taskurapu
     Englanti vb.
     valittaa

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Crab
     Englanti n.
     (yhteys tähtitiede k=en) Krapu

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Crab /kɹˈab/
  السرطان البحري

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  crab //kɹæb// 
  1. [[раздразни́телен]] [[чове́к]]
  bad-tempered person
  2. рак, мо́рски рак
  crustacean
  3. срамна въшка
  informal: infestation of pubic lice

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crab /kɹˈab/ 
  vrátek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crab /kɹˈab/
  vratidlo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crab /kɹˈab/ 
  krab

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  crab /kɹˈab/
  mrzout