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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024barb1 /bɑrb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a point curving backward from a hook or arrowhead.
- a deliberately unkind remark.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024barb1 (bärb),USA pronunciation n. - a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. See illus. under fishhook.
- an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark.
- Botany, Zoologya hooked or sharp bristle.
- Birds[Ornith.]one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather. See illus. under feather.
- Birdsone of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.
- Fishany of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.
- Veterinary DiseasesUsually, barbs. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, esp. when inflamed and swollen.
- ClothingAlso, barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.
- [Obs.]a beard.
v.t. - to furnish with a barb or barbs.
- Middle French Latin barba beard or beardlike projection
- Middle English barbe 1300–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spur, spike, prong, barbule; snag, prickle, spicule.
barb2 (bärb),USA pronunciation n. - Dog and Cat Breedsone of a breed of horses raised originally in Barbary.
- French barbe, shortened form of Italian barbero Barbary steed, equivalent. to Barber(ia) Barbary + -o masculine noun, nominal suffix
- 1630–40
- Drugs, Slang Termsbarbiturate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: barb /bɑːb/ n - a subsidiary point facing in the opposite direction to the main point of a fish-hook, harpoon, arrow, etc, intended to make extraction difficult
- any of various pointed parts, as on barbed wire
- a cutting remark; gibe
- any of the numerous hairlike filaments that form the vane of a feather
- a beardlike growth in certain animals
- a hooked hair or projection on certain fruits
vb - (transitive) to provide with a barb or barbs
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French barbe beard, point, from Latin barba beardbarbed adj barb /bɑːb/ n - a breed of horse of North African origin, similar to the Arab but less spirited
Etymology: 17th Century: from French barbe, from Italian barbero a Barbary (horse) |