fang

See also: Fang, fáng, fàng, fāng, Fāng, and fǎng

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EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: făng, IPA^(key): /fæŋ/
• Rhymes: -æŋ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English fangen, from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”), Albanian peng (“to hinder, hold captive”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (transitive, dialectal or archaic) To catch, capture; seize; grip; clutch; lay hold of.
   • 1605, Webster, John, Northward Ho, Act 1, Scene 2:

     Gentlemen, break not the head of the peace: it's to no purpose, for he's in the law's clutches; you see he's fanged.

   • c. 1605–1606, Shakespeare, William, Timon of Athens, Act 4, Scene 3:

     Destruction fang mankind.

2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete) To take; receive with assent; accept.
3. (transitive, obsolete, as a guest) To receive with hospitality; welcome.
4. (transitive, obsolete, a thing given or imposed) To receive.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from fang

• befang
• fanger

• fangle
• infang

• onfang
• underfang

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English fang, feng (“a catching, capture, seizing”), from Old English fang, feng (“grip, embrace, grasp, grasping, capture, prey, booty, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach”). Cognate with Scots fang (“that which is taken, capture, catch, prey, booty”), Dutch vang (“a catch”), Low German fangst (“a catch”), German Fang (“a catch, capture, booty”), Swedish fång, fångst, Icelandic fang. Related also to Latin pangere (“to solidify, drive in”), Albanian mpij (“to benumb, stiffen”), Ancient Greek πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “to stiffen, firm up”), Sanskrit पाशयति (pāśáyati, “(s)he binds”).

NounEdit

fang (plural fangs)

1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A grasping; capture; the act or power of seizing; hold.
2. That which is seized or carried off; booty; spoils; stolen goods.
3. Any projection, catch, shoot, or other thing by which hold is taken; a prehensile part or organ.
   • Evelyn

     the protuberant fangs of the yucca

4. (mining) A channel cut in the rock, or a pipe of wood, used for conveying air.
5. (rare, in the plural) Cage-shuts.
6. (nautical) The coil or bend of a rope; (by extension) a noose; a trap.
7. (nautical) The valve of a pump box.

SynonymsEdit

• (stolen goods): For semantic relationships of this sense, see booty in the Thesaurus.

Derived termsEdit

• fanging

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (Scotland, transitive) To supply (a pump) with the water necessary for it to operate.

Etymology 3Edit

From an abbreviation of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fængtōþ, fengtōþ (“canine tooth”, literally “snag-tooth, catch-tooth”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand.

NounEdit

fang (plural fangs)

1. a long, pointed canine tooth used for biting and tearing flesh
2. (in snakes) a long pointed tooth for injecting venom

Derived termsEdit

• fanged
• fangless
• unfang

TranslationsEdit

canine tooth

• Arabic: نَاب‎‎ (ar) m (nāb)

  Egyptian Arabic: ناب‎‎ m (nāb)

• Armenian: ժանիք (hy) (žanikʿ)
• Burmese: စွယ် (my) (cwai)
• Catalan: ullal (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尖牙 (zh) (jiānyá)

• Czech: tesák m
• Danish: hugtand c
• Dutch: hoektand (nl) m, vangtand m
• Esperanto: dentego
• Finnish: kulmahammas (fi), torahammas
• French: croc (fr) m
• Georgian: ეშვი (ešvi)
• German: Fangzahn (de) m, Reißzahn (de) m
• Hebrew: נִיב‎‎ (he) m (niv)

• Italian: dente (it) m, dente canino, zanna (it) f
• Japanese: 牙 (ja) (きば, kiba)
• Kazakh: азу (azw)
• Korean: 송곳니 (ko) (songgonni)
• Latvian: ilknis m
• Malay: gigi taring, siung
• Polish: kieł (pl) m
• Portuguese: presa (pt) f, canino (pt) m
• Russian: клык (ru) m (klyk)
• Spanish: colmillo (es) m
• Swahili: chonge
• Swedish: huggtand c, gadd (sv) c
• Tagalog: panigbi
• Thai: เขี้ยว (th) (kîao)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: răng nanh, nanh (vi)
• West Frisian: slachtosk

a tooth that can inject venom

• Catalan: ullal (ca) m
• Dutch: giftand (nl) m
• French: crochet (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Giftzahn (de) m

• Japanese: 毒牙 (ja) (どくが, dokuga)
• Swedish: gifttand c
• Thai: เขี้ยว (th) (kîao)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can

VerbEdit

fang (third-person singular simple present fangs, present participle fanging, simple past and past participle fanged)

1. (rare) To strike or attack with the fangs.
2. To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
   • Philips

     chariots fanged with scythes

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CatalanEdit

NounEdit

fang m (plural fangs)

1. mud

See alsoEdit

• llot m

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DanishEdit

VerbEdit

fang

1. imperative of fange
   1. Catch.
   2. Capture.

      Fang mig! ― Catch me!

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -aŋ

VerbEdit

fang

1. Imperative singular of fangen.

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fauŋk/
• Rhymes: -auŋk

NounEdit

fang n (genitive singular fangs, nominative plural föng)

1. embrace, hold, grasp
2. (in the plural) provisions

DeclensionEdit

declension of fang

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fang	fangið	föng	föngin
accusative	fang	fangið	föng	föngin
dative	fangi	fanginu	föngum	föngunum
genitive	fangs	fangsins	fanga	fanganna

Related termsEdit

• fanga
• fangi

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

fang

1. Nonstandard spelling of fāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of fáng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of fǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of fàng.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga or fangene)

1. lap

VerbEdit

fang

1. imperative of fange

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fɑŋː/

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse fang

NounEdit

fang n (definite singular fanget, indefinite plural fang, definite plural fanga)

1. lap

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

fang

1. imperative of fanga

ReferencesEdit

• “fang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *fangą, *fangiz, *fanhiz (“catch, catching, seizure”), from *fanhaną (“to catch, capture”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑnɡ/, [ˈfɑŋɡ]

NounEdit

fang m

1. plunder, booty

DeclensionEdit

Declension of fang (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fang	fangas
accusative	fang	fangas
genitive	fanges	fanga
dative	fange	fangum

Related termsEdit

• fōn

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Scottish GaelicEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish fang (compare Welsh gwanc (“voracity”))

NounEdit

fang f (genitive singular fainge, plural fangan)

1. vulture
2. raven

ReferencesEdit

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “fang” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology 2Edit

Origin uncertain

NounEdit

fang

1. fank, sheep pen