Definition of Crab

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Definition of Crab

Crab

One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body.

The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.

A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.

A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.

A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.

A claw for anchoring a portable machine.

To make sour or morose; to embitter.

To beat with a crabstick.

To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel.

Sour; rough; austere.

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Crab Quotations

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
H. L. Mencken

Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.
Charles M. Schulz

You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.
Aristophanes

When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.
Jim Jarmusch

I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas.
Anjelica Huston

It was quite a challenge to make people eat crab ice cream.
Heston Blumenthal

Crab Translations

crab in Danish is krabbe
crab in Dutch is krab
crab in French is crabe
crab in Norwegian is krabbe
crab in Portuguese is caranguejo

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