'Fang' definitions:
Definition of 'Fang'
(from WordNet)
noun
A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
noun
An appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
noun
Canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
noun
Hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
Definition of 'Fang'
From: GCIDE
- Fang \Fang\ (f[a^]ng), v. t. [OE. fangen, fongen, fon (g orig. only in p. p. and imp. tense), AS. f[=o]n; akin to D. vangen, OHG. f[=a]han, G. fahen, fangen, Icel. f[=a], Sw. f[*a], f[*a]nga, Dan. fange, faae, Goth. fahan, and prob. to E. fair, peace, pact. Cf. Fair, a.]
- 1. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. "Chariots fanged with scythes." --Philips. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fang'
From: GCIDE
- Fang \Fang\, n. [From Fang, v. t.; cf. AS. fang a taking, booty, G. fang.]
- 1. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Since I am a dog, beware my fangs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. [1913 Webster]
- The protuberant fangs of the yucca. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Anat.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Mining) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mech.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Naut.) (a) The valve of a pump box. (b) A bend or loop of a rope. [1913 Webster]
- In a fang, fast entangled.
- To lose the fang, said of a pump when the water has gone out; hence:
- To fang a pump, to supply it with the water necessary to make it operate. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fang'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baby tooth,
- beesting,
- bicuspid,
- bucktooth,
- canine,
- claws,
- clutches,
- cog,
- comb,
- crag,
- crown,
- cuspid,
- cutter,
- dart,
- deciduous tooth,
- dent,
- denticle,
- denticulation,
- dentil,
- dentition,
- digits,
- dogtooth,
- eyetooth,
- fangs,
- fingernails,
- fingers,
- fore tooth,
- gagtooth,
- gang tooth,
- gold tooth,
- grinder,
- hands,
- harrow,
- hooks,
- incisor,
- jag,
- jaws,
- mandibles,
- maxillae,
- meathooks,
- milk tooth,
- mitts,
- molar,
- nails,
- nippers,
- palm,
- peak,
- pecten,
- peg,
- permanent tooth,
- pincers,
- pivot tooth,
- pounces,
- premolar,
- projection,
- rake,
- ratchet,
- sawtooth,
- scrivello,
- snag,
- snaggle,
- snaggletooth,
- snakebite,
- spire,
- sprocket,
- spur,
- steeple,
- sting,
- stinger,
- talons,
- tang,
- teeth,
- tooth,
- tush,
- tusk,
- unguals,
- ungulae,
- wisdom tooth