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FANG
fang
(noun) hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
fang
(noun) canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
fang
(noun) an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
Fang
(noun) a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
Fang pl (plural only)
A people of western Africa.
Proper noun
Fang
The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Fang
A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
Etymology 1
Noun
fang (plural fangs)
a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
(in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
Verb
fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)
(rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Etymology 2
Verb
fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)
(transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
(transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
(transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
(transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
(transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
Synonyms
• (seize; grip; clutch): clasp, grasp, grip; See also grasp
• (take): land, lay hands on, score; See also receive or take
• (receive with hospitality): greet, welcome
• (receive): cop, get; See also receive
• (adopt into spiritual relation)
Etymology 3
Noun
fang (plural fangs)
(now, chiefly, dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
(mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
(rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
(nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
(nautical) The valve of a pump box.
Synonyms
• (stolen goods): See Thesaurus:booty
Verb
fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)
(Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
Noun
FANG (uncountable)
(economics) The stock of the technology companies Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
Source: Wiktionary
Fang, v. t. Etym: [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p.p. and imp. tense), AS. f; akin to D. vangen, OHG. fahan, G. fahen, fangen, Isel. fa, Sw. f, f, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]
1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] Shak. He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. J. Webster.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes." Philips.
Fang, n. Etym: [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: 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. Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. Shak.
2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. The protuberant fangs of the yucca. Evelyn.
3. (Anat.)
Definition: The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
4. (Mining)
Definition: A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. Knight.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: 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.
6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. In a fang, fast entangled.
– To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence: To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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