Definition of barb

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of barb is as below...

Barb (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else..

Lern More About Barb

Barbellulate :: Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Barbarity :: Barbarity (n.) The state or manner of a barbarian; lack of civilization.
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) Any species of the genus Mullus, or family Mullidae; called also red mullet, and surmullet, esp. the plain surmullet (Mullus barbatus), and the striped surmullet (M. surmulletus) of Southern Europe. The former is the mullet of the Romans. It is noted for the brilliancy of its colors. See Surmullet..
Pole :: Pole (n.) A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) A barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a sign by barbers and hairdressers. (e) A pole on which clim
Civil :: Civil (a.) Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.
Grain :: Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points..
Bullfighting :: Bullfighting (n.) A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain..
Barbarousness :: Barbarousness (n.) The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.
Semibarbarian :: Semibarbarian (a.) Half barbarous; partially civilized.
Treebeard :: Treebeard (n.) A pendulous branching lichen (Usnea barbata); -- so called from its resemblance to hair.
Purity :: Purity (n.) Freedom from foreign idioms, or from barbarous or improper words or phrases; as, purity of style..
Barbarize :: Barbarize (v. t.) To make barbarous.
Fork :: Fork (n.) One of the parts into which anything is furcated or divided; a prong; a branch of a stream, a road, etc.; a barbed point, as of an arrow..
Barbacan :: Barbacan (n.) See Barbican.
Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..
Barbel :: Barbel (n.) A slender tactile organ on the lips of certain fished.
Uncivil :: Uncivil (a.) Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
Aroph :: Aroph (n.) A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.
Stahlian :: Stagworm (n.) The larve of any species of botfly which is parasitic upon the stag, as /strus, or Hypoderma, actaeon, which burrows beneath the skin, and Cephalomyia auribarbis, which lives in the nostrils..
Barbicel :: Barbicel (n.) One of the small hooklike processes on the barbules of feathers.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us