'Neck' definitions:
Definition of 'neck'
From: WordNet
noun
The part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the horse won by a neck" [syn: neck, cervix]
noun
A narrow elongated projecting strip of land
noun
A cut of meat from the neck of an animal
noun
A narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form; "the banjo had a long neck"; "the bottle had a wide neck"
noun
An opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck [syn: neck, neck opening]
verb
Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn: neck, make out]
Definition of 'Neck'
From: GCIDE
- Neck \Neck\ (n[e^]k), n. [OE. necke, AS. hnecca; akin to D. nek the nape of the neck, G. nacken, OHG. nacch, hnacch, Icel. hnakki, Sw. nacke, Dan. nakke.]
- 1. The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal; as: (a) The long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd. (b) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts. (c) (Mus.) That part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mech.) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root. [1913 Webster]
- Neck and crop, completely; wholly; altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]
- Neck and neck (Racing), so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.
- Neck of a capital. (Arch.) See Gorgerin.
- Neck of a cascabel (Gun.), the part joining the knob to the base of the breech.
- Neck of a gun, the small part of the piece between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- Neck of a tooth (Anat.), the constriction between the root and the crown.
- Neck or nothing (Fig.), at all risks.
- Neck verse. (a) The verse formerly read to entitle a party to the benefit of clergy, said to be the first verse of the fifty-first Psalm, "Miserere mei," etc. --Sir W. Scott. (b) Hence, a verse or saying, the utterance of which decides one's fate; a shibboleth.
- These words, "bread and cheese," were their neck verse or shibboleth to distinguish them; all pronouncing "broad and cause," being presently put to death. --Fuller.
- Neck yoke. (a) A bar by which the end of the tongue of a wagon or carriage is suspended from the collars of the harnesses. (b) A device with projecting arms for carrying things (as buckets of water or sap) suspended from one's shoulders.
- On the neck of, immediately after; following closely; on the heel of. "Committing one sin on the neck of another." --W. Perkins.
- Stiff neck, obstinacy in evil or wrong; inflexible obstinacy; contumacy. "I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck." --Deut. xxxi. 27.
- To break the neck of, to destroy the main force of; to break the back of. "What they presume to borrow from her sage and virtuous rules . . . breaks the neck of their own cause." --Milton.
- To harden the neck, to grow obstinate; to be more and more perverse and rebellious. --Neh. ix. 17.
- To tread on the neck of, to oppress; to tyrannize over. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Neck'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'neck'
From: GCIDE
- neck \neck\, v. i. To kiss and caress amorously. [Colloq.] -- n. necking. [PJC]
Definition of 'Neck'
From: Easton
- Neck used sometimes figuratively. To "lay down the neck" (Rom. 16:4) is to hazard one's life. Threatenings of coming judgments are represented by the prophets by their laying bands upon the people's necks (Deut. 28:48; Isa. 10:27; Jer. 27:2). Conquerors put their feet on the necks of their enemies as a sign of their subjection (Josh. 10:24; 2 Sam. 22:41).
Synonyms of 'neck'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbreviation,
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- and quarter,
- ankle,
- arm,
- articulation,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- bearer,
- bill and coo,
- bottleneck,
- boundary,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- breast,
- butt,
- buttress,
- canal,
- cane,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- channel,
- chicken foot,
- circumscription,
- clinch,
- closure,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condensation,
- connecting link,
- connecting rod,
- connection,
- consolidation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- copulate,
- corset,
- coupling,
- crook,
- crutch,
- curtailment,
- dally,
- dark meat,
- decapitate,
- decollate,
- decrease,
- defile,
- diminuendo,
- dovetail,
- draw,
- drumstick,
- elbow,
- embrace,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- gibbet,
- giblets,
- girdle,
- gliding joint,
- guillotine,
- guy,
- guywire,
- hang,
- head,
- hinge,
- hinged joint,
- hip,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- interface,
- isthmus,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- join,
- joining,
- joint,
- juncture,
- knee,
- knitting,
- knuckle,
- leg,
- link,
- lollygag,
- lynch,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- make love,
- make out,
- mast,
- miter,
- mortise,
- narrow,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrows,
- noose,
- oyster,
- pass,
- pet,
- pivot,
- pivot joint,
- prop,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- rabbet,
- reduction,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- scarf,
- scrag,
- seam,
- shortening,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- smooch,
- solidification,
- spine,
- spoon,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- stitch,
- strait,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- strengthener,
- stretch,
- striction,
- stricture,
- string up,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- suture,
- sweet-talk,
- symphysis,
- systole,
- thigh,
- throat,
- tie rod,
- toggle,
- toggle joint,
- toy,
- trifle,
- turkey foot,
- union,
- upholder,
- walking stick,
- wanton,
- wasp waist,
- weld,
- whisper sweet nothings,
- white meat,
- wing,
- wishbone,
- wrinkling,
- wrist
Words containing 'Neck'
- Neck and neck,
- Necked,
- Necking,
- On the neck of,
- up to her neck,
- up to his neck,
- up to my neck,
- up to our necks,
- up to their necks,
- up to your neck,
- Cove Neck,
- Eatons Neck,
- Goose neck,
- Great Neck,
- Hewlett Neck,
- Little neck,
- Long Neck,
- Mashpee Neck,
- Mill Neck,
- Neck City,
- Neck and crop,
- Neck and heels,
- Neck of a capital,
- Neck of a cascabel,
- Neck of a gun,
- Neck of a tooth,
- Neck or nothing,
- Neck verse,
- Neck yoke,
- Scotland Neck,
- Stiff neck,
- To break the neck,
- To break the neck of,
- To harden the neck,
- To tread on the neck of,
- Volcanic neck,
- beef neck,
- bull neck,
- crew neck,
- cuckold's neck,
- neck bone,
- neck brace,
- neck exercise,
- neck handkerchief,
- neck of the capital,
- neck of the woods,
- neck opening,
- neck ruff,
- neck sweetbread,
- pain in the neck,
- stiff necked,
- v neck,
- Cove Neck, NY,
- Deer-neck,
- Eatons Neck, NY,
- Ewe-necked,
- Great Neck Estates,
- Great Neck Gardens,
- Great Neck Plaza,
- Great Neck, NY,
- Hewlett Neck, NY,
- Long Neck, DE,
- Low-necked,
- Mashpee Neck, MA,
- Mill Neck, NY,
- Neck City, MO,
- Ring-necked,
- Scotland Neck, NC,
- Scrag-necked,
- Stiff-necked,
- bull-necked,
- high-necked,
- neck-deep,
- polo-neck,
- ring-neck,
- rubber-necking,
- swan-neck,
- Black-necked stork,
- Bottle-neck frame,
- Great Neck Estates, NY,
- Great Neck Gardens, NY,
- Great Neck Plaza, NY,
- Little-neck clam,
- Ring-necked duck,
- black-necked cobra,
- black-necked grebe,
- black-necked stilt,
- long-neck clam,
- polo-neck collar,
- red-necked grebe,
- red-necked plover,
- ring-necked blackhead,
- ring-necked parakeet,
- ring-necked pheasant,
- ring-necked plover,
- ring-necked snake