barb

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
barbs
  1. 1.

    The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.

  2. 2.

    (figuratively)A hurtful or disparaging remark.

    to trade barbs

  3. 3.

    A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.

  4. 4.

    (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.

  5. 5.

    (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.

    Đồng nghĩa: barbel

  6. 6.

    (US)The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.

    Đồng nghĩa: Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, southern kingfish

  7. 7.

    (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.

  8. 8.

    (obsolete)A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.

  9. 9.

    Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.

    Đồng nghĩa: barbel, barble

  10. 10.

    (obsolete)A bit for a horse.

  11. 11.

    A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.

  12. 12.

    The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
barbs
V_ing/Gerund
barbing
V_ed/pp
barbed
  1. 1.

    To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.

  2. 2.

    (Nigeria)To cut (hair).

  3. 3.

    (obsolete)To shave or dress the beard of.

  4. 4.

    (obsolete)To clip; to mow.

  5. 5.

    To cover a horse in armor.

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Đồng nghĩa

barbelCarolina whitingking whitingsouthern kingcroakersouthern kingfishbarble

Cùng gốc / liên quan

beardfish

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Nguồn gốc từ

bʰardʰéh₂

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