Meaning

3 senses

  1. Synonym of roach out.

    comb (hair) into a roach

  2. (transitive)To cut or shave off the mane of a horse so that the remaining hair stands up on the neck.

    cut the mane off (a horse)

  3. (broadly, transitive)To cut a person's hair so that it stands straight up.

Examples

27 sentences

  1. The roach is on the table.

    Тарган на столі. — deniko

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  2. Sami's club has a roach infestation.

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  3. There's a roach on the table.

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  4. Sami refused to step on the roach.

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  5. Sami found a roach in his drink.

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Origin

Back-formation from cockroach, as if it were a compound. Apparently from extended or figu

Back-formation from cockroach, as if it were a compound.

Apparently from extended or figurative use of roach (“Cyprinidae”), above. Compare the adjective roached (“styled so that the mane stands up from the neck”).

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Forms

roaches, roaching, roached, roached
Base formroach · to roach
3rd person singularroaches
Present participleroaching
Past simpleroached
Past participleroached

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyroach
he, she, itroaches

Past simpleLesson

all personsroached

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave roached
he, she, ithas roached

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill roach

Synonyms

1 synonyms
roach out

Word family

1 related words
Derivedroached

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rivierarivuletrizzroadA2roadblock
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