Definition of "fang"
- verb
To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
To take; receive with assent; accept.
To receive with hospitality; welcome.
To receive.
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
To strike or attack with the fangs.
- noun
A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
Cage-shuts.
The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh or (in snakes) for injecting venom.
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