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to crab

1 5.5
To catch sea animals with flat shells for food using nets or traps
  • verb
  • /kræb/
: pescar cangrejos
  • During our vacation, we plan to crab off the coast and enjoy the fresh catch.

Examples

  • Now, for those of you who don't know deadliest catch, they take these crab fishing boats out in the Bering Sea, which is like terrible.

  • Now, for those of you who don't know Deadliest Catch, they take these crab fishing boats out in the Bering Sea, which is like terrible.

  • Okay, now... we're going to make the most delicious... crab Napoleon.

  • We'd fish and crab for most of each day and then head to the San Pedro fish market.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Tim enjoys to crab in the summer, using traps to catch as many as he can.

  • Every weekend, they gather at the pier to crab and share stories of the biggest catches.

Synonyms

to fish
vsto crab
194 1.0

To catch fish for sport or food

focuses only on catching a specific shell animal rather than various sea animals

Antonyms

∞ 1.8

To let someone or something go free from being held

Compounds

6 3.6

A small sea animal with a soft body that lives in empty shells for protection

6 1.4

Legs of a crab often served as food, like king or snow crabs

4 3.4

A bluish crab that lives on North America's Atlantic and Gulf coasts and is eaten for its sweet meat

A crab with a soft new shell that people often eat whole

3 2.8

Meat from the legs of a large cold water crab that people eat as a delicacy

3 8.2

The remains of a star explosion that people first saw in 1054 in the constellation Taurus

3 4.5

A small sour apple or the tree that grows it often used to make jam

horseshoe crab
  • Specialized
2 7.8

A large sea animal with a hard shell shaped like a horseshoe and a long pointed tail

2 4.1

A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat

2 3.2

A large spiny crab that lives in cold northern seas

1 5.1

A large edible crab that lives along the Pacific coast of North America

1 5.4

The meat from a large Pacific crab, often sweet and tender

1 4.1

A very large sea crab from Japan that lives in deep water with very long legs

crab louse
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A small insect that lives in pubic hair and other body hair and makes the skin itch

1 7.0

A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave

A crab that has a hard outer covering because it has not recently shed its skin

A very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska with a spiny shell and sweet meat

The sweet meat from the legs of a very large crab that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska

1 2.5

A grass with stems that spread along the ground and root, often a weed in lawns

1 4.5

A small sea animal with a hard shell that lives on rocky shores

Cold cooked crab meat served with a sour or spicy sauce as a starter

1 6.3

A sea crab with very long legs and a small triangular body

1 7.4

A small apple tree from Europe that is a main ancestor of the apples we grow

A small tree or shrub with pretty flowers planted in gardens

1 7.5

A small tree that makes red sour fruit used for jam

A star sign shown by a crab for people born between June 21 and July 22

1 3.2

A large crab you can eat that lives in cold northern seas near Alaska and Japan

1 3.5

A large crab that lives in cold northern Pacific waters near Alaska and Japan

1 5.5

A cold salad of crab meat and lettuce with a creamy dressing

1 8.6

A small soft crab that lives inside the shell of an oyster

A sea crab with back legs flat like paddles that help it swim in shallow coastal water

1 8.2

A large red crab from the east coast of North America eaten as seafood

1 9.4

A wild animal like a small dog from northern South America that eats crabs and small animals

A medium-sized tree with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

crab-eating macaque
  • Philippine
1 8.2

A monkey from Southeast Asia that often eats crabs and lives near rivers

Meat from crabs caught in Japan that is often sold in cans for food

crab mentality
  • Philippine
1 8.2

A habit of trying to pull others down when they succeed because you feel jealous

1 9.9

A small tree that makes tart red apples used to make jam

A small hardy tree that makes sour red apples used for jam

Small wild animal that lives near water and eats crabs and other small water animals

1 9.5

A wild crab apple tree with fragrant pink flowers

1 8.8

A small crab with bright spots on its shell found on sandy beaches

1 2.8

The meat from the legs of large cold water crabs that people eat

1 3.5

Meat from the legs of a large crab that lives in cold northern waters, usually sweet and tender

1 9.9

A small wild apple tree with fragrant pink spring flowers

Bechtel crab
  • Specialized
9.9

A small crabapple tree grown for its large double pink flowers

A South American cactus with stem sections often kept indoors for its bright red flowers

A wild dog that eats crabs and other water animals

A small South American mammal that lives near water and eats crabs

A silvery grey seal from Antarctica that eats mainly small sea animals with shells

cultivated crab apple
  • Specialized
6.1

A small apple tree grown for its tart fruit or pretty spring flowers

A small crab with spots on its shell that lives on the coasts of England

A small crab with a bright, spotted shell that lives on sandy east coast beaches of the United States

A sea animal with a hard shell and a long tail spine that lives on Asian coasts

A large crab with long legs and a spiny shell that lives in European coastal waters

8.4

A small crab with bright purple spots on its shell that lives on sandy Atlantic beaches

A tropical sea animal like a crab that lives in burrows and uses large front claws to catch prey

9.9

A medium-sized tree from the eastern United States with pink blossoms and small yellow fruit

9.3

A small wild apple tree that grows in the western United States and has fragrant pink flowers

A small tree with white flowers and small yellow or red fruit

9.9

A very small soft crab that lives inside shellfish like oysters

A crab that recently shed its shell so it is soft and people eat it whole

A small tree or shrub from the southeastern United States grown for its pretty pink spring flowers

A wild small apple tree with sweet-smelling pink flowers

Surface Forms

crab infinitive
crabbed past
crabbed past participle
crabbing present participle
crabs third person singular

Etymology

Crab meaning to catch crabs comes from the animal itself: fishermen and children 'crab' when they go out to catch these shellfish, so the verb simply names the activity.