CRAB

I. noun Usage: often attributive see: carve Date: before 12th century any of numerous chiefly marine broadly built decapod crustaceans:, any of an infraorder (Brachyura) with a short broad usually flattened carapace, a small abdomen that curls forward beneath the body, short antennae, and the anterior pair of limbs modified as grasping pincers, any of various crustaceans of an infraorder (Anomura) resembling true ~s in the more or less reduced condition of the abdomen, cancer 1, infestation with ~ lice, the angular difference between an aircraft's course and the heading necessary to make that course in the presence of a crosswind, II. verb (~bed; ~bing) Date: 1657 intransitive verb to fish for ~s, 2. a. to move sideways indirectly or diagonally, to ~ an airplane, to scuttle or scurry sideways, transitive verb to cause to move sideways or in an indirect or diagonal manner, to subject to ~bing, ~ber noun III. noun Etymology: Middle English ~be, perhaps from ~be 1~ Date: 14th century ~ apple , IV. noun Date: 1580 an ill-tempered person ; grouch , V. verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: Middle English ~ben, probably back-formation from ~bed Date: 1662 transitive verb to make sullen ; sour , to complain about peevishly, spoil , ruin , intransitive verb carp , grouse , ~ber noun