| NOUN | animal | crab | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | crab, crabby person | a quarrelsome grouch | |
| person | Crab, Cancer | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer | |
| location | Crab, Cancer, Cancer the Crab | the fourth sign of the zodiac | |
| food | crab, crabmeat | the edible flesh of any of various crabs | |
| animal | crab, crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis | a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | |
| act | crab | a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | |
| VERB | motion | crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind |
| motion | crab | scurry sideways like a crab | |
| competition | crab | fish for crab | |
| communication | crab, gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler | complain |
| Sounds | krae'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ab / Ab / AB ... taxicab: 20 rhymes with aeb... | |
| Meaning | A quarrelsome grouch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | crabby person | |
| Broader | grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch | A bad-tempered person |
| Spanish | gruñón, persona malhumorada | |
| Adjectives | crabby | annoyed and irritable |
| Verbs | crab | complain |
| Meaning | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Cancer | |
| Category | astrology, star divination | A pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Meaning | The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | Cancer, Cancer the Crab | |
| Instance of | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house | (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
| Spanish | Cáncer, cáncer | |
| Catalan | càncer, cranc | |
| Meaning | The edible flesh of any of various crabs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | crabmeat | |
| Part of | crab cocktail | A cocktail of cold cooked crabmeat and a sauce |
| Narrower | Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab | meat of large cold-water crab |
| Dungeness crab | Flesh of Cancer magister (Dungeness crab) | |
| Japanese crab | crabmeat usually canned | |
| blue crab | Atlantic crab | |
| crab legs | legs of especially Alaska king crabs | |
| soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab | Freshly molted crab with new shell still tender and flexible | |
| stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor | |
| Broader | shellfish | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
| Spanish | cangrejo | |
| Catalan | cranc | |
| Verbs | crab | fish for crab |
| Meaning | A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis | |
| Member of | Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus | true lice |
| Broader | louse, sucking louse | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
| Spanish | cangrejo, ladilla, maneto, Phthirius Pubis, piojo púbico | |
| Catalan | cabra, lladella, poll del pubis | |
| Meaning | A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he caught a crab and lost the race" | |
| Broader | rowing, row | The act of rowing as a sport |
| Meaning | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | air travel, aviation, air | travel via aircraft |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | direct the course |
| Meaning | scurry sideways like a crab. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle | To move about or proceed hurriedly |
| Meaning | fish for crab. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | In the summer they like to go out and crab | |
| Broader | fish | catch or try to catch fish or shellfish |
| Nouns | crab | decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers |
| crab | the edible flesh of any of various crabs | |
| Meaning | complain. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | gripe, bitch, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler | |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
| Spanish | aferrar, atrapar, chillar, disputar, dolor de barriga, gimotear, graznar, gritar, lamentarse, quejarse, quejar, renegar, vocear | |
| Catalan | aferrar, atrapar, baladrejar, cridar, queixar-se, xisclar | |
| Nouns | crab | a quarrelsome grouch |
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