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Noun crab has 7 senses

crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
--₁ is a kind of decapod crustacean, decapod
--₁ is a member of Brachyura, suborder Brachyura
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb crab₃

crab, crabby person - a quarrelsome grouch
--₂ is a kind of grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch

Derived form: verb crab₄
Cancer, Crab - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
--₃ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab - the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22
--₄ is a kind of sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house
crab, crabmeat - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
--₅ is a kind of shellfish
--₅ is a part of crab cocktail
--₅ has particulars:
blue crab; crab legs; soft-shell crab, soft-shelled crab; Japanese crab; Alaska king crab, Alaskan king crab, king crab, Alaska crab; Dungeness crab; stone crab

Derived form: verb crab₃
crab louse, pubic louse, crab, Phthirius pubis - infests the pubic region of the human body
--₆ is a kind of louse, sucking louse
--₆ is a member of Phthirius, genus Phthirius, Phthirus, genus Phthirus
crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
--₇ is a kind of rowing, row

Verb crab has 4 senses

crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
--₁ is one way to steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
crab - scurry sideways like a crab
--₂ is one way to scurry, scamper, skitter, scuttle
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
crab - fish for crab
--₃ is one way to fish

Derived forms: noun crab₁, noun crab₅
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and crab
gripe, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler - complain; "What was he hollering about?"
--₄ is one way to complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch

Derived form: noun crab₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE