fang

/fæŋ/ · noun

Meaning

A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
(in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom
To strike or attack with the fangs.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
To take; receive with assent; accept.
(as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
(a thing given or imposed) To receive.
To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
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.
(in the plural) Cage-shuts.
The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

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