Thesaurus: fang

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1. a. To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch.
2. a. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
3. v. t. The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider.
4. v. t. Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
5. v. t. The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth.
6. v. t. A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course.
7. v. t. A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
8. v. t. The valve of a pump box.
9. v. t. A bend or loop of a rope.
10. n. a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon
11. n. an appendage of insects that is capable of injecting venom; usually evolved from the legs
12. n. canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey