SARDINE

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

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier

Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Arnside, Draines, Draisen, derains, draines, indears, randies, reads in, sandier

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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