shark
Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and…Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
» Have you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
Hast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen?
Ты когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров?
Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів?
Meaning
17 senses(countable)Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
(uncountable)Meat of this animal, consumed as food.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
A freshwater fish that resembles a true shark (Selachimorpha) in appearance or movement; a freshwater shark.
(countable, uncountable)Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
(countable, uncountable)Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos.
(countable, uncountable)An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus).
(countable, uncountable)A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii).
(countable, uncountable)A paroon shark (Pangasius sanitwongsei).
(countable)A noctuid moth of species Cucullia umbratica.
(UK, countable)A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
(derogatory, informal)A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
Examples
248 sentencesHave you ever seen a shark over three meters long?
Ти коли-небудь бачив акулу довжиною більше трьох метрів?
ruТы когда-нибудь видел акулу длиной больше трёх метров?
deHast du schon einmal einen über drei Meter langen Hai gesehen?
Tom was attacked by a shark.
На Тома напала акула.
ruНа Тома напала акула.
deTom wurde von einem Hai angegriffen.
Tom is a shark.
Том — акула.
ruТом — акула.
Tom saw a shark.
Том побачив акулу.
ruТом видел акулу.
deTom sah einen Hai.
Is this cage shark-proof?
Ця клітка може захистити від акули?
ruЭта клетка может защитить от акулы?
deIst dieser Käfig haisicher?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish),From Middle English shark (used by Thomas Beckington in 1442 to refer to a kind of fish), of uncertain origin. Most likely from a semantic extension of the German-derived shark (“scoundrel”), see below. The fish was originally called a dogfish or haye in English and Middle English. Its name in Old English is unknown, although some uses of the word hranfisċ that do not appear to carry the sense of "whale" may have been referencing it.
From German Schurke (“scoundrel”); compare Dutch schurk.
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Forms
plural: sharksSynonyms
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