fang
To enable to catch or tearTo enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
» The snake hissed and bared its fangs.
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9 senses(rare)To strike or attack with the fangs.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
(dialectal, transitive)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, intransitive, slang, transitive)To drive, ride, etc. at high speed or recklessly.
(archaic, dialectal, transitive)To catch, capture; seize.
(dialectal, obsolete, transitive)To take; receive with assent; accept.
(obsolete, transitive)To receive with hospitality.
(obsolete, transitive)To receive.
Examples
23 sentencesThe snake hissed and bared its fangs.
Which snake has the longest fangs?
Яка змія має найдовші ікла? — mutternoise
ruУ какой змеи самые длинные клыки? — mutternoise
deWelche Schlange hat die längsten Fangzähne? — Espi
This spider has very large fangs.
ruУ этого паука очень большие клыки. — odexed
This spider has big sharp fangs.
My dog was barking and showing its fangs.
ruМоя собака лаяла, обнажая клыки. — marafon
Origin
From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fFrom clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
From Middle English fangen, fongen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”).
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”).
The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.
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Forms
fangs, fanging, fanged, fangedSynonyms
60 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle