Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun crab

7 senses of crab

Sense 1
crab -- (decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers)
       => decapod crustacean, decapod -- (crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax)

Sense 2
crab, crabby person -- (a quarrelsome grouch)
       => grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch -- (a bad-tempered person)

Sense 3
Cancer, Crab -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")

Sense 4
Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab -- (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22)
       INSTANCE OF=> sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house -- ((astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided)

Sense 5
crab, crabmeat -- (the edible flesh of any of various crabs)
       => shellfish -- (meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean))

Sense 6
crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis -- (a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body)
       => louse, sucking louse -- (wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals)

Sense 7
crab -- (a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race")
       => rowing, row -- (the act of rowing as a sport)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb crab

4 senses of crab

Sense 1
crab -- (direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind)
       => steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)

Sense 2
crab -- (scurry sideways like a crab)
       => scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle -- (to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground")

Sense 3
crab -- (fish for crab)
       => fish -- (catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends")

Sense 4
gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler -- (complain; "What was he hollering about?")
       => complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch -- (express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about")