meaning of crab
1. See under Crab.
2. One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.
3. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
4. A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.
5. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
6. A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
7. A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
8. A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
9. A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
10. To make sour or morose; to embitter.
11. To beat with a crabstick.
12. To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.
13. Sour; rough; austere.
14. a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the
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Related Words
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