spider
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which…Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
» There's a spider in the shower.
In der Dusche ist eine Spinne.
В душе паук.
У душі паук.
У ду́ші паук.
Meaning
20 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
Spinne
пау́кpaúk
паву́кpavúk
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2002, Katharine Gasparini, Cranberry and vanilla ice cream spider, recipe in Cool Food, page 339.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A spindly person.
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(countable, uncountable)A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension.
(UK, US, countable, dialectal, historical, uncountable)A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
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a skillet made of cast iron
(countable, uncountable)Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a spider skimmer
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Examples
589 sentencesThere's a spider in the shower.
У душі паук. — deniko
ruВ душе паук. — Karok
deIn der Dusche ist eine Spinne. — al_ex_an_der
There's a spider in the bathroom.
У ванній павук. — deniko
ruВ ванной паук. — marafon
It's just a spider.
Це просто павук. — Balamax
ruЭто просто паук. — marafon
deEs ist nur eine Spinne. — Adelpa
Tom watched the spider carefully.
Том уважно спостерігав за павуком. — deniko
I'm no longer afraid of spiders.
Я більш не боюсь павуків. — lingvokrolik
ruЯ уже не боюсь пауков. — marafon
deIch habe keine Angst mehr vor Spinnen. — Adelpa
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English spithre, spider, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from PrInherited from Middle English spithre, spider, from Old English spīþra (“spider”), from Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”). Mostly displaced attercop (“spider, unpleasant person”), now a dialectal term.
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Forms
plural: spidersSynonyms
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