sardine
(noun) any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned
pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus
(noun) small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring
sardine, pilchard
(noun) small fatty fish usually canned
sard, sardine, sardius
(noun) a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sardine (plural sardines)
Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine Sardina pilchardus (syn. Clupea pilchardus). The California sardine Sardinops sagax (syn. Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden.
(obsolete) carnelian
• Rev 4:3 KJV
(figurative) Someone packed or crammed into a small space.
sardine (third-person singular simple present sardines, present participle sardining, simple past and past participle sardined)
to fish for sardines
to pack or cram together tightly.
• Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier
Sardine (plural Sardines)
A member of the Italian grassroots political movement organized to protest against the right-wing surge in the country and the political rhetoric of Matteo Salvini.
• Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier
Source: Wiktionary
Sar"dine ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. sardinia, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden.
Sar"dine ( or ; 277), n.
Definition: See Sardius.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 June 2025
(noun) (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
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