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| NOUN | 1 | crab | Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers |
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| 2 | crab, crabby person | A quarrelsome grouch | |
| 3 | Crab, Cancer | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer | |
| 4 | Crab, Cancer, Cancer the Crab | The fourth sign of the zodiac | |
| 5 | crab, crabmeat | The edible flesh of any of various crabs | |
| 6 | crab, crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis | Infests the pubic region of the human body | |
| 7 | crab | A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | |
| VERB | 1 | crab | Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind |
| 2 | crab | Scurry sideways like a crab | |
| 3 | crab | Fish for crab | |
| 4 | crab, gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler | Complain |
| Sounds | krae'b |
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| Rhymes | ab / Ab / AB, Ahab, cab, and 17 more rhymes in aeb... |
| Meaning | Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers. |
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| Member of | Brachyura, suborder Brachyura |
| Broader | decapod crustacean, decapod |
| Narrower | stone crab, Menippe mercenaria; hard-shell crab; soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab; Dungeness crab, Cancer magister; rock crab, Cancer irroratus; Jonah crab, Cancer borealis; swimming crab; fiddler crab; pea crab; king crab, Alaska crab, Alaskan king crab, Alaska king crab, Paralithodes camtschatica; spider crab |
| Verbs | crab |
| Meaning | A quarrelsome grouch. |
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| Synonyms | crabby person |
| Broader | grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch |
| Adjectives | crabby; crabby |
| Verbs | crab |
| Meaning | (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer. |
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| Synonyms | Cancer |
| Category | astrology, star divination |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul |
| Meaning | The fourth sign of the zodiac. The sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22. |
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| Synonyms | Cancer, Cancer the Crab |
| Instance of | sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house |
| Meaning | The edible flesh of any of various crabs. |
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| Synonyms | crabmeat |
| Part of | crab cocktail |
| Broader | shellfish |
| Narrower | blue crab; crab legs; soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab; Japanese crab; Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab; Dungeness crab; stone crab |
| Verbs | crab |
| Meaning | Infests the pubic region of the human body. |
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| Synonyms | crab louse, pubic louse, Phthirius pubis |
| Member of | Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus |
| Broader | louse, sucking louse |
| Meaning | A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply. |
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| Examples | "he caught a crab and lost the race" |
| Broader | rowing, row |
| Meaning | Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Category | air travel, aviation, air |
| Broader | steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise |
| Meaning | Scurry sideways like a crab. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP |
| Broader | scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle |
| Meaning | Fish for crab. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | In the summer they like to go out and crab |
| Broader | fish |
| Nouns | crab; crab |
| Meaning | Complain. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Synonyms | gripe, grouse, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler |
| Broader | complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch |
| Nouns | crab |
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