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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  STAB
       
           A descendent of BCPL.
       
          (1996-08-25)

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


  Stab \Stab\, n.
     1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the
        stab of an assassin. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
        given to character.
        [1913 Webster]

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


  Stab \Stab\ (st[a^]b), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed (st[a^]bd);
     p. pr. & vb. n. Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten,
     fr. stave, staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff,
     stick, E. staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a
     stub. Cf. Staff.]
     1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
        thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a
        dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
        person.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
        slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.
        [1913 Webster]

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


  Stab \Stab\, v. i.
     1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
        thrust with a pointed weapon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              None shall dare
              With shortened sword to stab in closer war.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a
        pointed weapon at.
        [1913 Webster]

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


  Stab culture \Stab culture\ (Bacteriol.)
     A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin,
     with the puncture of a needle or wire; -- called also stab.
     The growths are usually of characteristic form.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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


  Stab \Stab\, v. i.
     1. To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to
        thrust with a pointed weapon.
  
              None shall dare With shortened sword to stab in
              closer war.                           --Dryden.
  
     2. To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
  
              She speaks poniards, and every word stabs. --Shak.
  
     To stab at, to offer or threaten to stab; to thrust a
        pointed weapon at.

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


  Stab \Stab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stabbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stabbing.] [Cf. OD. staven to fix, fasten, fr. stave,
     staff, a staff, rod; akin to G. stab a staff, stick, E.
     staff; also Gael. stob to stab, as n., a stake, a stub. Cf.
     Staff.]
     1. To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the
        thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a
        dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a
        person.
  
     2. Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or
        slander; as, to stab a person's reputation.

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


  Stab \Stab\, n.
     1. The thrust of a pointed weapon.
  
     2. A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the
        stab an assassin. --Shak.
  
     3. Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab
        given to character.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stab
       n 1: a sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab
            of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, twinge]
       2: a thrusting blow with a knife or other sharp pointed
          instrument; "one strong stab to the heart killed him"
          [syn: thrust, knife thrust]
       3: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
          best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot]
       v 1: use a knife on; "The victim was knifed to death" [syn: knife]
       2: stab or pierce; "he jabbed the piece of meat with his pocket
          knife" [syn: jab]
       3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
          ribs" [syn: jab, prod, poke, dig]
       [also: stabbing, stabbed]

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


  stab
     Αγγλικά n.
     μαχαίρωμα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μαχαιρώνω

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


  stab
     Lushootseed det.
     (''interrogative'') what thing?, by what means?
     Lushootseed n.
     thing (''plural:'' '''stab''')
     n.
     An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually
  pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
     2 (lb en transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually
  pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (non-gloss definition:
  (often used with at)).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (non-gloss
  definition: (often used with at)).
     5 (lb en transitive figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious
  falsehood or slander.
     6 (lb en transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to
  hold plaster.
     7 (lb en transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges,
  for the passage of thread or wire.
     n.
     (lb en aviation slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an
  aircraft.
     a.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en established)
     n.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en establishment)

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


  Stab
     German n.
     1 m rod, staff, baton
     2 m staff (employees)
     3 m (lb de heraldiccharge) palet

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


  STAB
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt Brazil rare) (acronym of pt  Sociedade dos Técnicos
  Açucareiros e Alcooleiros do Brasil society Society of sugar Sugar and
  alcohol Alcohol Technologists of Brazil)

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


  stab
     n.
     An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually
  pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
     2 (lb en transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually
  pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (non-gloss definition:
  (often used with at)).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (non-gloss
  definition: (often used with at)).
     5 (lb en transitive figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious
  falsehood or slander.
     6 (lb en transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to
  hold plaster.
     7 (lb en transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges,
  for the passage of thread or wire.
     n.
     (lb en aviation slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an
  aircraft.
     a.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en established)
     n.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en establishment)

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


  STAB
     n.
     (lb en fandom slang Pokémon) A 50% damage boost applied when a
  Pokémon uses a move with the same type as itself (for example, an
  Electric-type Pokémon using an Electric-type move).

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


  stab
     n.
     An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually
  pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
     2 (lb en transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually
  pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (non-gloss definition:
  (often used with at)).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (non-gloss
  definition: (often used with at)).
     5 (lb en transitive figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious
  falsehood or slander.
     6 (lb en transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to
  hold plaster.
     7 (lb en transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges,
  for the passage of thread or wire.
     n.
     (lb en aviation slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an
  aircraft.
     a.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en established)
     n.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en establishment)
     Swedish n.
     1 c a staff
     2 c a stick

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


  Stab
     German n.
     1 m rod, staff, baton
     2 m staff (employees)
     3 m (lb de heraldiccharge) palet

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


  STAB
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt Brazil rare) (acronym of pt  Sociedade dos Técnicos
  Açucareiros e Alcooleiros do Brasil society Society of sugar Sugar and
  alcohol Alcohol Technologists of Brazil)

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


  stab
     n.
     An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a (usually
  pointed) tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.
     2 (lb en transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a (usually
  pointed) object, such as a weapon or finger (non-gloss definition:
  (often used with at)).
     4 (lb en intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (non-gloss
  definition: (often used with at)).
     5 (lb en transitive figurative) To injure secretly or by malicious
  falsehood or slander.
     6 (lb en transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to
  hold plaster.
     7 (lb en transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges,
  for the passage of thread or wire.
     n.
     (lb en aviation slang) The horizontal or vertical stabilizer of an
  aircraft.
     a.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en established)
     n.
     (lb en industrial relations) (clipping of en establishment)
     Swedish n.
     1 c a staff
     2 c a stick

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


  Stab
     German n.
     1 m rod, staff, baton
     2 m staff (employees)
     3 m (lb de heraldiccharge) palet

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


  STAB
     Portuguese n.
     (lb pt Brazil rare) (acronym of pt  Sociedade dos Técnicos
  Açucareiros e Alcooleiros do Brasil society Society of sugar Sugar and
  alcohol Alcohol Technologists of Brazil)

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


  stab
     Englanti n.
     1 isku (miekalla)
     2 pistohaava
     3 iskevä äkkinäinen kritiikki, tölväisy
     Englanti vb.
     iskeä veitsellä, puukottaa

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


  Stab
     Saksa n.
     1 sauva, keppi, riuku, seiväs, salko
     2 viestikapula; hyppyseiväs; voimistelusauva
     3 tukikeppi (''puutarhassa'')
     4 puikko; rima, säle
     5 pyöreä sauva, piena; puolipyöreä koristelista
     6 kimpi
     7 pyöröteräs
     8 niisi (''kudonnassa'')
     9 pystyviiva (''riimukirjoituksessa'')
     10 (yhteys sodankäynti k=de aak=stab) esikunta

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


  stab
     n.
     samling medarbetare

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


  Stab
     Tyska n.
     1 (tagg kat=ä-omljud språk=de) stav
     2 stab

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


  stab
     n.
     samling medarbetare

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Stab /ʃtaːp/ 
  щаб
  Offiziere, die einem Kommandeur beigegeben sind

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Stab /ʃtaːp/ 
  1. ραβδί
  länglicher zylindrischer Gegenstand
  2. επιτελείο
  Offiziere, die einem Kommandeur beigegeben sind