What part of speech is crab?

Crab can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. crab is a verb, present, 1st person singular of crab (infinitive).
  • 2. crab is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. crab is a noun, singular of crabs.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does crab mean?

Definitions

Verb

crab - fish for crab
crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind
crab - scurry sideways like a crab
crab - complain; "What was he hollering about?"

Noun

crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
crab - the edible flesh of any of various crabs
crab - a quarrelsome grouch
crab - a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply; "he caught a crab and lost the race"
crab - a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body
crab - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
crab - the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

Examples of crab

#   Sentence  
1. noun He caught a crab and lost the race.
2. noun If you go, make sure you order the crab fries, you won't regret it :).
3. noun Brought my wife Deb with me and she like the Fried Crab Wontons and said they were good..
4. noun Got the crab rangoon which was great, tofu with cabbage which was spicy but good and shrimp satay which was also good.
5. noun Additionally we tried the Logan Circle roll, spicy crab and tuna roll, and sweet potato tempura roll ($15, $10, and $3.75 respectively).
6. noun You cannot make a crab walk straight.
7. noun I regard crab as a great delicacy.
8. noun Snippy had the bluest blood of all his crab brethren.
9. noun The red king crab is a large crustacean.
10. noun You can't teach a crab how to walk straight.
11. noun Do you know how to cook a crab?
12. noun We, by ourselves, are able to, without a typical crab.
13. noun A heron, a crab, lots of fish and other creatures used to live in a pond.
14. noun Let me shell the crab.
15. noun Do you prefer lobster or crab?
Sentence  
noun
He caught a crab and lost the race.
If you go, make sure you order the crab fries, you won't regret it :).
Brought my wife Deb with me and she like the Fried Crab Wontons and said they were good..
Got the crab rangoon which was great, tofu with cabbage which was spicy but good and shrimp satay which was also good.
Additionally we tried the Logan Circle roll, spicy crab and tuna roll, and sweet potato tempura roll ($15, $10, and $3.75 respectively).
You cannot make a crab walk straight.
I regard crab as a great delicacy.
Snippy had the bluest blood of all his crab brethren.
The red king crab is a large crustacean.
You can't teach a crab how to walk straight.
Do you know how to cook a crab?
We, by ourselves, are able to, without a typical crab.
A heron, a crab, lots of fish and other creatures used to live in a pond.
Let me shell the crab.
Do you prefer lobster or crab?

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