DEAF-EAR CRAB

Meaning of DEAF-EAR CRAB in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the belief that juices pressed from this crab will cure deafness

: a West Indian fiddler crab ( Uca pugnax vapax )

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

EAR — I Organ of hearing and balance. The outer ear directs sound vibrations through the auditory canal to the eardrum, which …
Английский словарь Британика
CRAB — I Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
Английский словарь Британика
EAR — I. ˈi(ə)r, ˈiə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German …
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DEAF — I. ˈdef, archaic & dial -ē- adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to …
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CRAB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEAF — (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- …
Английский словарь Webster
DEAF — (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a …
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DEAF — ( a. ) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — ( a. ) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EAR — ear 1 — earless , adj. — earlike , adj. /ear/ , n. 1. the organ of hearing and equilibrium …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAF — — deafly , adv. — deafness , n. /def/ , adj., deafer, deafest , n. adj. 1. partially or wholly …
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CRAB — crab 1 — crablike , adj. /krab/ , n. , v. , crabbed, crabbing . n. 1. any decapod crustacean …
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EAR — I. ˈir noun Etymology: Middle English ere, from Old English ēare; akin to Old High German ōra ear, Latin auris, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRAB — I. ˈkrab noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba; akin to Old High German krebiz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAF — ˈdēf adjective Etymology: Middle English deef, from Old English dēaf; akin to Greek typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, Latin fumus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EAR — noun the organ of hearing; the external ear. 2. ear ·noun ·same·as crossette. 3. ear ·noun ·same·as acroterium. 4. ear …
Webster English vocab
DEAF — adj obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. 2. deaf ·vt to deafen. 3. deaf ·adj deprived of the power of hearing; deafened. …
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CRAB — adj sour; rough; austere. 2. crab ·vt to beat with a crabstick. 3. crab ·noun the zodiacal constellation cancer. 4. …
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EAR — [ear] n [ME ere, fr. OE eare; akin to OHG ora ear, L auris, Gk ous] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
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DEAF — [deaf] adj [ME deef, fr. OE deaf; akin to Gk typhlos blind, typhein to smoke, L fumus smoke--more at fume] …
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CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EAR — vertebrate organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into …
Britannica English vocabulary
CRAB — crab, Crab BrE AmE kræb ▷ crabbing ˈkræb ɪŋ ▷ crabs kræbz ▶ ˈ crab ˌ apple BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — / def; NAmE / adjective ( deaf·er , deaf·est ) 1. unable to hear anything or unable to hear very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRAB — / kræb; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a sea creature with a hard shell, eight legs and two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EAR — ear S2 W2 /ɪə $ ɪr/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1,2: Language: Old English ; Origin: eare ] [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAF — deaf W3 /def/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ] 1 . physically unable to hear anything or unable …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRAB — crab /kræb/ BrE AmE noun [ Sense 1-3: Language: Old English ; Origin: crabba ] [ Sense 4: Date: 1800-1900 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EAR — n. 1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EAR — n. 1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAF — adj. 1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 (in full crab-apple) a small sour apple-like fruit. 2 (in full crab tree or crab-apple tree) any of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRAB — n. 1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EAR — 1. n.1 a the organ of hearing and balance in man and vertebrates, esp. the external part of this. b …
Oxford English vocab
DEAF — adj.1 wholly or partly without hearing (deaf in one ear). 2 (foll. by to) refusing to listen or comply. 3 …
Oxford English vocab
CRAB — 1. n.1 a any of numerous ten-footed crustaceans having the first pair of legs modified as pincers. b the flesh …
Oxford English vocab
EAR — ( ears) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your ears are the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAF — ( deafer, deafest) 1. Someone who is deaf is unable to hear anything or is unable to hear very well. …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEAF — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be born blind/deaf etc (= be blind, deaf etc when born ) deaf mute go …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRAB — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES crab apple hermit crab COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE blue ▪ The body meat of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EAR — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - either of the two organs, one on each side of the head, by which people …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAF — [plural] [noun]Many of the TV programmes are broadcast with subtitles for the deaf (= deaf people).
Cambridge English vocab
EAR — n. Organ of hearing and balance. The outer ear directs sound vibrations through the auditory canal to the eardrum, which …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — n. blue crab Crab Nebula Dungeness crab fiddler crab hermit crab horseshoe crab king crab Japanese crab Alaskan king crab …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CRAB — n. Any of 4,500 species of short-tailed decapod , found in all oceans, in freshwater, and on land. Its carapace …
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EAR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — Synonyms and related words : authoritarian, bigot, bigoted, blind, borne, bullheaded, closed, constricted, cramped, creedbound, deaf and dumb, deaf to …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EAR — See: ABOUT ONE'S EARS or AROUND ONE'S EARS, BELIEVE ONE'S EARS, DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FLEA IN ONE'S EAR, GIVE …
Slang English vocab
EAR
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EAR — n. 25B6; noun an infection of the ear. : See list. he had the ear of the president : ATTENTION, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — n. 25B6; adjective she is deaf and blind : HARD OF HEARING, having impaired hearing; informal deaf as a post. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAF — adj. 1 hard of hearing, stone-deaf Sean is slightly deaf in his left ear 2 unhearing, unheedful, heedless, insensible, insensitive, …
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EAR — See: ABOUT ONE'S EARS or AROUND ONE'S EARS, BELIEVE ONE'S EARS, DRY BEHIND THE EARS, FLEA IN ONE'S EAR, GIVE …
Словарь английских идиом
EAR — I сущ. 1) ухо, ушная раковина inner ear ≈ внутреннее ухо middle ear ≈ среднее ухо outer ear ≈ наружное …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAF — прил. 1) а) глухой, лишенный слуха, тугой на ухо deaf of an ear, deaf in one ear ≈ глухой на …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRAB — I сущ. 1) кислое яблоко (дикое, несортовое) 2) дикая яблоня II 1. сущ. 1) зоол. краб 2) (Crab) Рак (созвездие …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EAR — ear.ogg _I ıə n 1. ухо to stop one's ears - заткнуть (себе) уши 2. 1> слух to grate on …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEAF — deaf.ogg def a 1. глухой; глуховатый he is a little deaf - он плохо слышит /туговат на ухо/ deaf in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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