neck
Definitions
- A shapeshifting water spirit in Germanic mythology and folklore; a nix.
- neck (part of body connecting the head and the torso)
- The part of the body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
- collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)
- The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
- The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
- The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
- The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
- The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
- A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
- A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
- The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
- The gorgerin of a capital.
- A volcanic plug, solidified lava filling the vent of an extinct volcano.
- The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
- A person's life.
- A falsehood; a lie.
- Fellatio
- A bundle of wheat used in certain English harvest ceremonies.
Equivalents
87 more languages
Afrikaansnek
አማርኛአንገት
Azərbaycan diliboyun
Беларускаяшыя
བོད་སྐད།མཇིང་པ
Cymraeggwddf
Ελληνικάλαιμός
Esperantokolo
Eestikael
Euskarasama
ગુજરાતીગરદન
Hausawuya
Igboonu
Íslenskahals
ქართულიკისერი
Қазақ тілімойын
ភាសាខ្មែរក
ಕನ್ನಡಕತ್ತು
Кыргызчамоюн
Lingálankingo
ລາວຄໍ
Lietuviųkaklas
Latviešukakls
Malagasyvozona
മലയാളംകഴുത്ത്
Монголхүзүү
मराठीमान
Bahasa Melayuleher
Maltigħonq
မြန်မာလည်ပင်း
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਧੌਣ
සිංහලබෙල්ල
Slovenščinavrat
Gagana Samoaua
Sesothomolala
Svenskahals
Kiswahilishingo
தமிழ்கழுத்து
తెలుగుమెడ
Тоҷикӣгардан
ትግርኛክሳድ
Türkmençeboýun
Tagalogleeg
ئۇيغۇرچەبويۇن
اردوگردن
Wolofbaat
Yorùbáọrun
繁體中文脖子
isiZuluintamo
Examples
“Giraffes have⟳ long necks.”
“Mother, help⟳ me, there's a head attached to my neck and I'm in it.”
“Archegonia are surrounded early in their development by the juvenile perianth, through the slender beak of which the elongated neck of the fertilized archegonium protrudes.”
“a neck forming the journal of a shaft”
“to risk⟳ one's neck; to save⟳ someone's neck”
“Shorty throw⟳ neck like⟳ a geese She make⟳ me speak⟳ Portuguese”
“She drop neck for a check and a paystub”
“The person with 'the neck' stands in the centre, grasping it with both his hands”
“"The neck" is generally hung up in the farmhouse, where it remains for two or three years.”
“The Neck no more upon the river sings. And no Mermaid to bleach her linen flings Upon the waves in the mild solar ray.”
“The beautiful Nix or Nixie who allures the young fisher or hunter to seek⟳ her embraces in the wave⟳ which brings his death, the Neck who seizes upon and drowns the maidens who sport upon his banks, the river-spirit who still yearly in some parts of Germany demands tribute of human life, are all forms of the ancient Nicor[.]”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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