1. Adjective
To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
2. Adjective
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
3. Verb
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
4. Verb
Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
5. Verb
The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
6. Verb
A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
7. Verb
A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
8. Verb
The valve of a pump box.
9. Verb
A bend or loop of a rope.
10. Noun
hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
11. Noun
canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
12. Noun
an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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