shark
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- noun
- /ʃɑrk/
- In documentaries, the great white shark is often shown hunting seals with incredible speed.
- tiger shark
- catch sharks
- basking shark
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Watch on YouTubeAlso, I am very afraid of sharks for that reason, I'm out.
- Also, I am very afraid of sharks for that reason, I'm out.
- We have found tumors on sharks, in sharks, inside shark cartilage itself.
- Let's talk about dentists, vasectomies, guns and shark attacks, OK?
- And one of my first shark encounters was in the Bahamas.
- I found a baby shark on the beach.
- It's have you been bit by a shark Four different kinds.
- But everything from reef shark up looks so sharky.
Examples
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Researchers tagged a shark to study its migration patterns across the ocean.
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From what distance can sharks smell blood?
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Today, nearly 40 percent of shark species are threatened with extinction.
Academic text (2011) -
And one of my first shark encounters was in the Bahamas.
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Without warning, a huge head, the head of a hammerhead shark, appears at the stern.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tiger, bull, and dusky sharks may be responsible for most of the attacks.
Academic text (1992) -
While diving near the coral reef, I saw a large shark swim gracefully through the water.
Synonyms
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A very large powerful shark with sharp teeth that sometimes attacks people
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A very large sea fish with a white belly that sometimes attacks people
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A large aggressive shark that lives in warm shallow water near coasts and in rivers
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A very large fish with white spots that moves slowly and eats tiny sea animals and plants
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A large dangerous shark with dark stripes that lives in warm seas
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A slim, fast shark with a blue back and white belly that lives in the open ocean
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A large shark with a head shaped like a hammer that lives in warm seas
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A shark with sharp jagged teeth that lives in shallow water near the coast
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A slow shark that lives on warm shallow sea floors and has small whiskers near its mouth
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A large yellowish-brown shark that lives in shallow water near the coast and often swims in groups
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A small shark with a thin body and sharp spines on its fins
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A large shark that sometimes attacks and eats people
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A large shark with sharp jagged teeth that lives in shallow water near the coast
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A large deep water fish with a white tip on its back fin that can be dangerous to people
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A large slender blue-grey shark that lives in warm coastal waters worldwide
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A large shark from warm seas with a long tail used to stun small fish
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Large harmless shark that swims near the sea surface with its mouth open to eat tiny plants and animals
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A small shark with black tips on its fins that lives in shallow water
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A shark with white tips on its fins that lives in deep warm seas and can be dangerous
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A large gray fish with sharp teeth that lives near shallow sandy coasts
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A shark that lives on the ocean floor and hides by looking like sand or rocks
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A large, fast shark with a pointed snout that swims and hunts in open ocean
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A large shark with a broad head that has more than five gill slits
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A very large, slow shark with spots that eats tiny sea animals near the sea surface
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A shark with a broad flat body and winglike fins that hides on sandy sea floor
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A small shark that lives on the sea floor and has eyes like a cat
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A small harmless hammerhead shark that lives in shallow bays and river mouths
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A large shark with white tips on its fins that lives in warm open oceans and can attack people
A large shark with a blue back and white belly that lives in the open sea and can be dangerous
A large ocean shark with a long whiplike tail used to hunt small fish
A large shark in warm seas with a long whiplike tail used to herd and stun small fish
A medium to large sea shark like the tiger or bull shark that can be dangerous to people
A shark with white tips on its fins that lives near coral reefs
A shark from the Pacific Ocean often caught for its fins and liver
A shark with a flat body, spotted skin and tassel-like flaps around its mouth
Idioms
- Slang
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To start to get worse after a silly or big change, for example in a TV show
A person who is very calm and not easily upset, even in a dangerous situation
Compounds
- Specialized
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A large aggressive shark that lives in warm shallow water near coasts and in rivers
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A very large fish with white spots that moves slowly and eats tiny sea animals and plants
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A slow shark that lives on warm shallow sea floors and has small whiskers near its mouth
- US
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A large yellowish-brown shark that lives in shallow water near the coast and often swims in groups
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A large deep water fish with a white tip on its back fin that can be dangerous to people
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5.1
Large harmless shark that swims near the sea surface with its mouth open to eat tiny plants and animals
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7.7
A shark with white tips on its fins that lives in deep warm seas and can be dangerous
- Specialized
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A large gray fish with sharp teeth that lives near shallow sandy coasts
- Specialized
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A shark that lives on the ocean floor and hides by looking like sand or rocks
- Specialized
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A large, fast shark with a pointed snout that swims and hunts in open ocean
- Specialized
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A shark with a broad flat body and winglike fins that hides on sandy sea floor
- Archaic
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A yellow or brown fat from shark livers used to treat leather and give vitamin A
- Specialized
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A small harmless hammerhead shark that lives in shallow bays and river mouths
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A large shark with white tips on its fins that lives in warm open oceans and can attack people
- Specialized
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An oil made from shark livers that people use as a health supplement and to soften leather
- Australian
A blue-grey shark from the southwest Pacific that people catch for food and sport
- Specialized
A large shark in warm seas with a long whiplike tail used to herd and stun small fish
A large shark with a blue back and white belly that lives in the open sea and can be dangerous
- Specialized
A medium to large sea shark like the tiger or bull shark that can be dangerous to people
A small thin shark near European coasts that eats crabs, also called smooth dogfish
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Etymology
Shark names the large sea predator and comes from old European words for this dangerous fish; think of its strong mouth that seems to 'snatch' prey. So the animal is called a shark because it hunts and bites other sea creatures.