| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun fang.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (fang) |
1. A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.[Wordnet]. 2. An appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs.[Wordnet]. 3. Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey.[Wordnet]. 4. Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison.[Wordnet]. 5. The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.[Websters]. 6. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.[Websters]. 7. The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth.[Websters]. 8. A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.[Websters]. 9. A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.[Websters]. 10. The valve of a pump box.[Websters]. 11. A bend or loop of a rope.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To hold. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To catch, cut, gain or knit. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To grab.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Fangs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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| Literature | 1: Bailey: Festus (A Village Feast), sec. 9. 2: Fangs I fell into his fangs. Into his power, his clutches. (Anglo-Saxon, fang, a grasp.) 3: Traitors, that vice-like fang the hand ye lick." 4: "To seize. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: FANGS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Silver Fangs | 17 | Fangs of Fury | 6 | |
| Fangs of Fury | 6 | Silver Fangs | 17 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | نابُ الحَيَّةِ السَّامَّةِ أو الحَيَوَانِ المُفْتَ (fang, fangs), نَهَشَ (nip, nipped, nipping, nips, tweak), نشب الانياب (bite with the fangs). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | نابُ الحَيَّةِ السَّامَّةِ أو الحَيَوَانِ المُفْتَ (fang, fangs), نَهَشَ (nip, nipped, nipping, nips, tweak), نشب الانياب (bite with the fangs). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | نابُ الحَيَّةِ السَّامَّةِ أو الحَيَوَانِ المُفْتَ (fang, fangs), نَهَشَ (nip, nipped, nipping, nips, tweak), نشب الانياب (bite with the fangs). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Bohemian | tesáky (fangs). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | espiga (ear, tang, tenon, commit, commits). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Cestina | tesáky (fangs). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Czech | tesáky (fangs). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | Giftzahn (fang, poison fang, fangs), Gebiß or (fangs), beissen (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | morsure (bite, nip, biting, sting, bite wound), coup de dent (bite, bite with the fangs, biting at, snack). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | morsure (bite, nip, biting, sting, bite wound), coup de dent (bite, bite with the fangs, biting at, snack). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | Giftzahn (fang, poison fang, fangs), Gebiß or (fangs), beissen (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | نابُ الحَيَّةِ السَّامَّةِ أو الحَيَوَانِ المُفْتَ (fang, fangs), نَهَشَ (nip, nipped, nipping, nips, tweak), نشب الانياب (bite with the fangs). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | Giftzahn (fang, poison fang, fangs), Gebiß or (fangs), beissen (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | Giftzahn (fang, poison fang, fangs), Gebiß or (fangs), beissen (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | 牙 (tusk, fang, fangs, ivory, tush), 短剣の牙 (dagger fangs, dagger-fangs). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | ugryzienie (bite, to bite, bite with the fangs). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | ugryzienie (bite, to bite, bite with the fangs). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | ugryzienie (bite, to bite, bite with the fangs). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | espiga (tenon, ear, tang, spike, commit). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | gaddar (fangs, ivories), gripa sig fast med tänderna (sink one's fangs into), gripa med tänderna (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | кусать (bite, bitten, biting, nip, sink one's fangs into), жалить (sting, stung, stinging, bite, sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | kusatʹ (bite, bitten, biting, nip, sink one's fangs into), zhalitʹ (sting, stung, stinging, bite, sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | кусать (bite, bitten, biting, nip, sink one's fangs into), жалить (sting, stung, stinging, bite, sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | kusatʹ (bite, bitten, biting, nip, sink one's fangs into), zhalitʹ (sting, stung, stinging, bite, sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Serbian (transliteration) | kljove (fangs). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | gaddar (fangs, ivories), gripa sig fast med tänderna (sink one's fangs into), gripa med tänderna (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | gaddar (fangs, ivories), gripa sig fast med tänderna (sink one's fangs into), gripa med tänderna (sink one's fangs into). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, fangs. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “fangs” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Pig Latin | angsfay (fangs). Additional references: Pig Latin, fangs. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran A | mche ba (canine teeth, fangs), mche (canine teeth, fangs). Additional references: Terran A, fangs. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | msig (fangs). Additional references: Terran B, fangs. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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