Fang

Definitions

1. A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
   Scotland, dialectal
2. A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
3. Four large technology companies, or (metonymically) their stock: Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google.
4. A people of western Africa.
   plural, plural-only
5. The dominant Bantu language of Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, spoken by 1.3 million people, also called Pahouin.
6. A county of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
7. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
8. A long pointed tooth in snakes, for injecting venom.
9. A Beboid language of Cameroon, spoken by only 2400 people, so called because it is spoken in the village of Fang.
10. A surname from Mandarin
11. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
12. Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
13. A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
14. Catches on which the coal mining cage rests while cars are being moved on and off.
    in-plural, rare
15. The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
16. The valve of a pump box.

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةالنابسنناب

Azərbaycan dilixillə

Българскизъб

Bosanskipreša

Catalàullal

Češtinatesák

Cymraegysgithr

Esperantodentego

فارسینشترنیش

Suomikulmahammastorahammas

Gaeilgestarrfhiacail

Galegocairocanteirochavelloqueiro+ 1 more

עבריתניב

हिन्दीदंष्ट्र

Hrvatskipreša

Հայերենժանիք

Bahasa Indonesiataring

Italianodentedente caninozanna

日本語毒牙牙

ქართულიეშვი

Қазақ тіліазу

한국어송곳니

Kurdîdiş

Македонскипесјак

မြန်မာစွယ်

Nederlandsgiftandhoektandvangtand

Polskikieł

Portuguêscaninopresa

Русскийклык

Српскиpreša

Svenskagaddgifttandhuggtand

ไทยเขียว

Tagalogpanigbi

Türkçediş

Українськаікло

Tiếng Việtnanhrăng nanh

Examples

“The warrior realized in an instant that he owed his life to this strange white man, and he also saw⟳ that only a miracle could save⟳ his preserver from those fierce yellow fangs that had been so near to his own⟳ flesh.”

“Now take⟳ out your Indian Tuberoſes, parting the Off-ſets (but with care, leſt you break⟳ their fangs) then pot them in natural (not forc'd) Earth; [...] the protuberant fangs of the Yuca are to be treated like⟳ the Tuberoſes.”

“Many valuable medicines are produced in Hupei, particularly in the Shih-nan Prefecture and in the Fang and Hsing-shan districts.”

“FANG COUNTY HYDROELECTRICITY--This year the people in Fang County have⟳ developed 135 small hydroelectric power stations with a total installed[...]”

“After parting with his brothers, Wang Yü-yang journeyed on the southwest road and came to a small town nestled in the rural region of Fang County.”

““Its speed⟳ was very fast, but it was walking, not running,” Yuan said. As the creature ranged across a mountain in Fang county, bordering the Shennongjia Forestry District, “it walked faster than a human ran”.”

“Hubei Sanxin Biotechnology Co., LTD, located in Fang County, Shiyan City, has developed a series of traditional Chinese medicine [from] Polygonum Cuspidatum, including "yellow bud stem" vegetables, resveratrol extract, emodin extract, and crude Polygonum cuspidatum extract and so on.”

“Now, the Fang County government is trying “incentives,” according to a statement posted Saturday on its website. People who report⟳ their own⟳ fevers will receive⟳ 1,000 renminbi, the equivalent of $143 — a few days’ salary for the average Hubei resident.”

“The FANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) today are leading the charge, and many of them boast P/Es in the hundreds!”

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