fangとは

語源 1

From Middle English fangen, from 古期英語 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”).

動詞

fang (三人称単数 現在形 fangs, 現在分詞 fanging, 過去形および過去分詞形 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 または imposed) To receive.
5. (transitive, dialectal) To receive or adopt into spiritual relation, as in baptism; be godfather or godmother to.

同意語

• (seize; grip; clutch): clasp, grasp, grip; See also Thesaurus:grasp
• (take): land, lay hands on, score; See also Thesaurus:receive or Thesaurus:take
• (receive with hospitality): greet, welcome
• (receive): cop, get; See also Thesaurus:receive
• (adopt into spiritual relation):

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English fang, feng (“a catching, capture, seizing”), from 古期英語 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”).

名詞

fang (複数形 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. (まれに, 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.

同意語

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

派生語

• fanging

動詞

fang (三人称単数 現在形 fangs, 現在分詞 fanging, 過去形および過去分詞形 fanged)

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

語源 3

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

名詞

fang (複数形 fangs)

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

派生語

• fanged
• fangless
• unfang

動詞

fang (三人称単数 現在形 fangs, 現在分詞 fanging, 過去形および過去分詞形 fanged)

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

     chariots fanged with scythes

語源

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

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɑnɡ/, [ˈfɑŋɡ]

名詞

fang m

1. plunder, booty

語形変化

関連する語

• fōn