Beak

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The horny, projecting structure forming the mandibles of a bird, especially one that is strong, sharp, and useful in striking and tearing; a bill.
  • n. A similar structure in other animals, such as turtles, insects, or fish.
  • n. A usually firm, tapering tip on certain plant structures, such as some seeds and fruits.
  • n. A beaklike structure or part, as:
  • n. The spout of a pitcher.
  • n. A metal or metal-clad ram projecting from the bow of an ancient warship.
  • n. Informal The human nose.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A schoolmaster.
  • n. Chiefly British Slang A judge.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
  • n. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus.
  • n. The metal point fixed on the bows of a war galley, used as a ram.
  • n. A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.
  • n. The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
  • v. strike with the beak.
  • v. seize with the beak.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varies much according to the food and habits of the bird, and is largely used in the classification of birds.
  • n. A similar bill in other animals, as the turtles.
  • n. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects, and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
  • n. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
  • n. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
  • n. Anything projecting or ending in a point, like a beak, as a promontory of land.
  • n. A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
  • n. That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
  • n. A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
  • n. Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  • n. A toe clip. See Clip, n. (Far.).
  • n. A magistrate or policeman.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, the rostrum, snout, muzzle, jaws, mandibles, or some similar part of an animal.
  • n. Anything ending in a point like a beak.
  • n. A gas-burner having a round smooth hole of an inch in diameter; a bird's-mouth.
  • n. A beak-iron (which see).
  • In cock-fighting, to seize or strike with the beak.
  • n. A magistrate; a judge; a policeman.
  • n. In the shells of the Brachiopoda (Molluscoidea) and Pelecypoda (Mollusca), the projecting, usually arched, part of the valves; the initial part of the shell about which accretions by growth have been added unequally.
  • n. Specifically, the mouthpiece of instruments like the clarinet and some varieties of flageolets or direct flutes.
  • To ram (a ship) with the beak or prow so as to penetrate the hull in an endeavor to sink it.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal terms for the nose
  • n. horny projecting mouth of a bird
  • n. a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
  • n. beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
  • v. hit lightly with a picking motion
  • Verb Form
    beaked    beaking    beaks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    olfactory organ    nose    tip    mouth    strike   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    clip   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beakhead    Bill    nib    neb    rostrum    bill    schnozzle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Cheek    Creek    Dominique    Greek    Martinique    Monique    Mozambique    Sikh    Tariq    Zeke   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    talon    claw    fang    jaw    snout    tusk    feather    wing    tentacle    tooth