noun, verb — 28 senses
CA, US /ˈfeɪ̯ŋ/ · /ˈfæŋ/
Etymology From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
A long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh.
Obsolete Synonym of mandible, the long mouthpart of insects and other invertebrates.
A long, pointed tooth in snakes, used for injecting venom.
A pointed extension of the chelicera in spiders, used for injecting venom.
Colloquial Synonym of tooth, particularly in humans.
Mathematics, Sciences Either of the two factors that make a number a vampire number.
Etymology From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.
Rare To strike or attack with the fangs.
To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
From Middle English fangen, fongen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with North Frisian fo, fu, füünj (“to get, obtain, receive”), Saterland Frisian and West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen, fahen (“to catch”), Low German fangen (“to catch”), Luxembourgish fänken (“to catch”), Faroese fá, fáa (“to get; to catch”), Icelandic fá (“to get, receive”), Danish, Norwegian, Swedish få (“to get, receive”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
Obsolete, As a guest To receive with hospitality.
Obsolete To receive.
A thing given or imposed
Dialectal To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.
/ˈfɑŋ/
A people of western Africa.
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
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Obsolete Synonym of trap or noose.
Synonym of root, the part of a tooth embedded in the gums.
Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Obsolete Synonym of root, a major projection of a plant's root system.
Obsolete Synonym of claw or talon.
Synonym of spike or prong, any sharp projection.
Synonym of tang, the projection of a piece of metal intended to be driven into a shaft for holding.
From Middle English fang, possibly from Old English fang, feng (“grasp, catch”); alternatively borrowed from Old Norse fang (“catch”) or formed anew from the verb fangen, all from Proto-Germanic *fangą (“catch, catching, seizure”), from the verb *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Compare Scots fang (“catch”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).
Scotland To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.
Etymology The Macquarie Dictionary and the Australian National Dictionary Centre derive it from the name of Juan Fangio, Argentinian racing driver.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for fang and Fang.