crab | (noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | - |
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(noun) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | - |
(noun) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | Synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
(noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crabmeat |
(noun) a quarrelsome grouch | Synonyms: crabby person |
(verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
(verb) fish for crab | - |
(verb) scurry sideways like a crab | - |
(verb) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | - |
drab | (adjective) of a light brownish green color | Synonyms: olive-drab |
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(adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre |
(adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
(adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: dreary |
(noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | Synonyms: olive drab |
grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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(noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
(verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
(verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
(verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
(verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
(verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
(verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
mihrab | (noun) (Islam) a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca | - |
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(noun) (Islam) a design in the shape of niche in a Muslim prayer rug; during worship the niche must be pointed toward Mecca | - |
scarab | (noun) scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians | Synonyms: scarabaeus, Scarabaeus sacer |
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