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spider

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Synonyms: spidey, slider, spiker, spier, spide, sider, spicer, spader, snider, pider, spyder

Antonyms: spidey, slider, spiker, spier, spide, sider, spicer, spader, snider, pider, spyder

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Noun

  1. {{senseid|en|Q1357}} Any of various eight-legged, predatory [[arthropod]]s, of the order {{taxfmt|Araneae|order}}, most of which spin [[web]]s to catch prey.
  2. {{lb|en|Internet}} A program which follows links on the [[World Wide Web]] in order to gather information.
  3. {{lb|en|chiefly|Australia|and|New Zealand}} A [[float]] {{gloss|drink}} made by mixing [[ice-cream]] and a [[soda]] or [[fizzy drink]] (such as [[lemonade]]).
  4. {{lb|en|AU|NZ|obsolete}} An alcoholic drink made with brandy and lemonade or ginger beer.
  5. {{lb|en|slang}} A spindly person.
  6. {{lb|en|slang}} A man who persistently approaches or [[accost]]s a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
  7. {{senseid|en|snooker}} {{lb|en|snooker|billiards}} A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the [[cue]] when the [[cue ball]] is out of reach at normal extension.
  8. {{senseid|en|frying pan}} {{lb|en|cookware|US|UK|chiefly|historical|and|now|dialectal}} A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
  9. {{lb|en|cooking}} Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle; a [[spider skimmer]]
  10. {{senseid|en|crank part}} {{lb|en|cycling}} A part of a [[crank]], to which the [[chainring]]s are attached.
  11. {{lb|en|slang|uncountable}} [[heroin|Heroin]].
  12. {{lb|en|music}} Part of a [[resonator]] [[instrument]] that transmits string vibrations from the [[bridge]] to a resonator cone at multiple points.

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move like a spider.
  2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To cover a surface like a [[cobweb]].
  3. {{lb|en|Internet|of a computer program}} To follow links on the [[World Wide Web]] in order to gather information.

Proper noun

  1. The 29th [[sura]] (chapter) of the [[Qur'an]].

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