name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A chain worn around the neck.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A similar detachable item.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
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noun
Clothes that encircle the neck.
A hangman's knot.
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Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: halter, Bridport dagger, collar, hangman's knot, hangman's noose, hempen collar, hempen cravat
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noun
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
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noun
Any encircling device or structure.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
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noun
Any encircling device or structure.
A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
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Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, rail-transport, railways, technology, transport
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noun
Any encircling device or structure.
A ring or cincture.
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Topics: architecture, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
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noun
Any encircling device or structure.
A collar beam.
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noun
Any encircling device or structure.
A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
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Topics: business, engineering, mining, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
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noun
Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
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noun
The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
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A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
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noun
An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
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Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
An arrest.
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Usage: slang
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noun
A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
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Topics: business, finance
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noun
A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
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Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
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verb
To surround or encircle.
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verb
To seize, capture or detain.
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verb
To steal.
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verb
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
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verb
To arrest.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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verb
To bind in conversation.
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Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
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Usage: transitive
Topics: BDSM, lifestyle, sexuality
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noun
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
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Synonyms: apprehension, arrest, catch, pinch, taking into custody
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Broader terms: capture, gaining control, seizure
noun
a figurative restraint
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Synonyms: leash
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Broader terms: restraint
noun
necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
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Synonyms: choker, dog collar, neckband
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Broader terms: necklace
noun
a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
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Synonyms: neckband
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Broader terms: band
Narrower terms: choker, ruff, ruffle, neck ruff, clerical collar, Roman collar, dog collar, Eton collar, Peter Pan collar, rabato, rebato, turtleneck collar, polo-neck collar
noun
a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
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Broader terms: band
Narrower terms: dog collar
noun
the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
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Synonyms: shoe collar
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Broader terms: brim, rim, lip
noun
a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
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Broader terms: hoop, ring
noun
anything worn or placed about the neck
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Broader terms: neckpiece
noun
(zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
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Broader terms: band, banding, stria, striation
verb
take into custody
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Synonyms: nail, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop
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Broader terms: seize, prehend, clutch
verb
furnish with a collar
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Broader terms: equip, fit, fit out, outfit
verb
seize by the neck or collar
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Broader terms: seize, prehend, clutch
History
From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.
Across languages
286 source translations are retained for this English entry.