Stab — meaning in English
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English meaning
- baton noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
- crew noun A group of people working together, especially those operating a ship, aircraft, or production.
- fillet noun A boneless strip or piece of meat or fish.
- pole noun A long, slender piece of wood or metal used for support or construction.
- rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
- staff noun The people who work for an organisation.
- stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.
- wand noun A slender rod held in the hand, especially one used by a magician or as a symbol of authority.
- yard noun An outdoor area next to or enclosed by a building, often with a lawn or garden.
Senses
Stab is used for these senses in English:
- baton (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
- crew A group of people working together on a task.
- fillet A thin strip of any material, in various technical uses.
- rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
- staff (engineering) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch.
- stick A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.
- wand A hand-held narrow rod, usually used for pointing or instructing, or as a traditional emblem of authority.
- yard (obsolete) A staff, rod, or stick.
baton — full definition
- noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
- noun A short rod passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
crew — full definition
- noun A group of people working together, especially those operating a ship, aircraft, or production.
- noun A close group of friends or associates, especially informally.
- verb To work as part of a crew.