shark

  • 11shark — Ⅰ. shark [1] ► NOUN ▪ a long bodied cartilaginous marine fish, typically predatory and voracious, with a prominent dorsal fin. ORIGIN of unknown origin. Ⅱ. shark [2] ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who exploits or swindles others …

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  • 12Shark — Shark, v. t. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps fr. shark, n., or perhaps related to E. shear (as hearken to hear), and originally meaning, to clip off. Cf. {Shirk}.] To pick or gather indiscriminately or covertly. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 13shark — [ ʃark ] noun count * 1. ) a very large fish with sharp teeth that lives in the ocean. Some types of shark attack people. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who gets money by cheating people => LOAN SHARK …

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  • 14shark — (n.) 1560s, of uncertain origin; apparently the word and the first specimen were brought to London by Capt. John Hawkins s second expedition (landed 1565; see Hakluyt). There is no proper name for it that I knowe, but that sertayne men of… …

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  • 15shark — shark1 [shärk] n. [prob. < Ger schurke, scoundrel, rogue, sharper < MHG schurgen, to push, mislead < IE * skēu < base * sek , to cut > SAW1] 1. a person who victimizes others, as by swindling or cheating ☆ 2. Slang a person with… …

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  • 16Shark — Shark, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sharked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sharking}.] 1. To play the petty thief; to practice fraud or trickery; to swindle. [1913 Webster] Neither sharks for a cup or a reckoning. Bp. Earle. [1913 Webster] 2. To live by shifts and… …

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  • 17Shark — es una serie de televisión estadounidense basada en la vida de un prestigioso y carismático jurista de Los Ángeles que cambia su trabajo como polémico abogado defensor por un puesto en la Fiscalía. El protagonista es Sebastian Stark, encarnado… …

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  • 18Shark — Taxobox name = Shark fossil range = Late Devonian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Grey reef shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis =… …

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  • 19shark — shark1 sharklike, adj. /shahrk/, n. any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans. [1560 70; orig. uncert.] shark2 /shahrk/, n. 1. a person who… …

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  • 20Shark 24 — Klassenzeichen Bootsmaße Länge üA: 7,31 m …

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