fang
IPA: fˈæŋ
noun
- A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
- A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
- (mathematics) Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
- (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.
- (mining, rare, in the plural) Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
- (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
- (nautical) The valve of a pump box.
- A people of western Africa.
- 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.
- A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
- A surname from Mandarin
- (economics) Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.
verb
- (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
- To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
- (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize.
- (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
- (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality.
- (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.
- (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
- (Australia, slang, transitive, intransitive) To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
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Examples of "fang" in Sentences
- The Fang makes easier to digest.
- The Fang are the main ethnic group.
- He took out the fang which was rotten.
- Venom can be seen at the tip of the fangs.
- Fang is the sharpest tooth among the teeth.
- The fangs attained is the average specimen.
- A pair of fangs penetrated to the body of fish.
- Fang plays significant role in cutting substances.
- This knife was made in the ancient era, resembling fang.
- The fang was a sacred relic from the dragon, harder than diamond.
- Dentist analyzed the structure of the fang for a suitable treatment.
- Laterz. in reply to fang # Another thing to get @fang on the zittrain: YouTube -
- And there's something sharp, the fang, which is probing and penetrating and moving into it.
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