Roach

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A freshwater fish (Rutilus rutilus) of northern Europe.
  • n. Any of various similar or related fishes, such as some North American sunfishes.
  • n. The cockroach.
  • n. Slang The butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • n. A roll of hair brushed up from the forehead or temple.
  • n. A hairstyle especially among certain Native American peoples in which the head is shaved except for a strip from front to back across the top.
  • n. Nautical An outward curve in the leech of a fore-and-aft sail.
  • v. To brush (hair) in a roach.
  • v. To shave (the mane of a horse) to a short bristle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae), Rutilus rutilus.
  • n. a cockroach.
  • n. A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • n. The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
  • n. An extra curve of material added to the leech edge of a sail to increase the sail area.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cockroach.
  • n.
  • n. A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
  • n. An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
  • n. The redfin, or shiner.
  • n. A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.
  • v. To cause to arch.
  • v. To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A common cyprinoid fish of Europe, Leuciscus rutilus.
  • n. In the United States, one of many different fishes like or mistaken for the roach, as some sunfish of the genus Lepomis or Pomotis;
  • n. the spot or lafayette
  • n. the American chub, Semotilus atromaculatus.
  • n. A rock.
  • n. Refuse gritty stone.
  • To make hard like a rock.
  • n. Nautical, a concave curve in the leech or foot of a square sail, to improve the fit of the sail.
  • n. An upstanding curl or roll of hair over the forehead, like the roach of a sail.
  • To cause to stand up or arch; make projecting or convex: as, his hair was roached up over his forehead.
  • To cut short so as to cause to stand up straight; hog: said of horses' manes.
  • n. A rash, or eruption on the skin.
  • n. A cockroach.
  • n. The redfin, Rutilus rutilus, a common European shiner or minnow of the family Cyprinidæ.
  • n. In England, a shell limestone occurring at the top of the Portland Stone or Portlandian on the Isle of Portland.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cut the mane off (a horse)
  • n. a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead
  • n. street names for flunitrazepan
  • n. European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
  • n. any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests
  • v. comb (hair) into a roach
  • n. the butt of a marijuana cigarette
  • Verb Form
    roached    roaches    roaching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lop off    chop off    cut-off    hairdo    hairstyle    hair style    coiffure    coif    Rohypnol    flunitrazepan   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cockroach   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    approach    broach    brooch    caroche    coach    encroach    poach    reproach    roche   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    barbel    dace    shiner    carp    sturgeon    cisco    catfish    gudgeon    rudd    pickerel