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crawfish


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  crawfish 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  crawfish 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  crawfish 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  crawfish 
 
  1  sense  of  crawfish 
 
  Sense  1 
  retreat,  pull  back  back  out  back  away  crawfish,  crawfish  out  pull  in  one's  horns,  withdraw 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  crawfish 
 
  crawfish  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  crawfish 
 
  Sense  1 
  retreat,  pull  back  back  out  back  away  crawfish,  crawfish  out  pull  in  one's  horns,  withdraw 
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  Grep  of  noun  crawfish 
  crawfish 
  sea  crawfish 
 
  Overview  of  noun  crawfish 
 
  The  noun  crawfish  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crayfish,  crawfish,  crawdad,  ecrevisse  --  (tiny  lobster-like  crustaceans  usually  boiled  briefly) 
  2.  crayfish,  crawfish,  crawdad,  crawdaddy  --  (small  freshwater  decapod  crustacean  that  resembles  a  lobster) 
  3.  spiny  lobster,  langouste,  rock  lobster,  crawfish,  crayfish,  sea  crawfish  --  (large  edible  marine  crustacean  having  a  spiny  carapace  but  lacking  the  large  pincers  of  true  lobsters) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  crawfish 
 
  The  verb  crawfish  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  retreat,  pull  back  back  out  back  away  crawfish,  crawfish  out  pull  in  one's  horns,  withdraw  --  (make  a  retreat  from  an  earlier  commitment  or  activity;  "We'll  have  to  crawfish  out  from  meeting  with  him";  "He  backed  out  of  his  earlier  promise";  "The  aggressive  investment  company  pulled  in  its  horns") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  crawfish 
 
  The  noun  crawfish  has  3  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  crayfish,  crawfish,  crawdad,  ecrevisse  --  (tiny  lobster-like  crustaceans  usually  boiled  briefly) 
  2.  crayfish,  crawfish,  crawdad,  crawdaddy  --  (small  freshwater  decapod  crustacean  that  resembles  a  lobster) 
  3.  spiny  lobster,  langouste,  rock  lobster,  crawfish,  crayfish,  sea  crawfish  --  (large  edible  marine  crustacean  having  a  spiny  carapace  but  lacking  the  large  pincers  of  true  lobsters) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  crawfish 
 
  The  verb  crawfish  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  retreat,  pull  back  back  out  back  away  crawfish,  crawfish  out  pull  in  one's  horns,  withdraw  --  (make  a  retreat  from  an  earlier  commitment  or  activity;  "We'll  have  to  crawfish  out  from  meeting  with  him";  "He  backed  out  of  his  earlier  promise";  "The  aggressive  investment  company  pulled  in  its  horns") 



crawfish definition