Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word BARB

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Definitions of BARB

1. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
2. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
3. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
4. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
5. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc.
6. To cut (hair).
7. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
8. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
9. Armor for a horse.
10. To cover a horse in armor.
11. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
12. (ornithology) One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
13. (ichthyology) Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
14. (US) The sciaenid fish Menticirrhus americanus, found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
15. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
16. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
17. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
18. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
19. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
20. (informal, pharmaceutical drug) A barbiturate.
21. A female given name.
22. A surname.
23. (slang) A fan of the American singer Nicki Minaj, especially a female one.

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Examples of Using BARB in a Sentence

• Barb Wire is a fictional character appearing in Comics Greatest World, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics.
• Barbed wire, also known as barb wire, is a type of steel fencing wire constructed with sharp edges or points arranged at intervals along the strands.
• At the state level, Avoca is located in Senate District 21, represented by Republican Mike Goggin, and in House District 21A, represented by Republican Barb Haley.
• The mayor (currently Timothy Pedro) and City Council members (currently Barb Bruno, Anthony Bruno, Rodney Frey, Mary Duncan, Todd Borowski, and John Rozic) serve part-time.
• The Godolphin Arabian (–1753), also known as the Godolphin Barb, was an Arabian horse who was one of three stallions that founded the modern Thoroughbred (the others were the Darley Arabian and the Byerley Turk).
• The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies such as Nielsen Media Research in the United States, or BARB in the UK, is often used as a metric for television advertisement placement, and consequently, for the rates which broadcasters charge to advertisers to air within a given network, television program, or time of day (called a "day-part").
• The provincial aquatic life is the tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeld), also known locally as pla lam-pam (Thai: ปลาลำปำ), the eponymous of the striking local water source Songkhla Lake, or known in Phatthalung as Lam Pam Lake or Thale Noi and Phatthalung Lake.
• On December 5, 2003, Barb Tarbox was posthumously awarded the Meritorious Service Medal by Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, for devotion to the anti-smoking cause.
• Barb, a shortened version of barbiturate, a drug that acts as a depressant for the central nervous system.
• It impales the target and secures it with barb or toggling claws, allowing the fishermen or hunters to use an attached rope or chain to pull and retrieve the animal.
• The Paso Fino is a blend of the Barb, Spanish Jennet, and Andalusian horse and was bred by Spanish land owners in Puerto Rico and Colombia to be used in the plantations because of their endurance and comfortable ride.
• Some compatible species often partnered with this fish are clown knifefish, pacu, oscars, jaguar cichlids, green terrors, gar, tinfoil barb, Siamese tigerfish, and any other somewhat aggressive fish that cannot fit in the arowana's mouth.
• The counts of Conversano owned a stud that they used to breed black Neapolitan stallions with Barb and Andalusian genetic backgrounds: these horses had strong ram-like heads, short backs, and broad hocks.
• They have been created from several different species of fish: zebrafish were the first GloFish available in pet stores, and recently the black tetra, tiger barb, rainbow shark, Siamese fighting fish, X-ray tetra, and most recently bronze corydoras have been added to the lineup.
• Heartbroken, Jeroen is woken up by a storm that night and sees part of the scarecrow shining through the window, causing him to believe it is still wearing Walt's tag; running outside and grabbing for it, he impales his hand on the barb wire around the scarecrow and is found by Hait, whom his scream has woken up.
• On 22–23 January Barb penetrated Namkwan Harbor now called Yanpu Wan (沿浦湾) on the China coast, opposite the Matsu Islands, and wrought havoc upon a convoy of some 30 enemy ships at anchor.
• This work punctured the vacuous operatic conventions and pointed a satirical barb at Walpole and his taxation policies.
• The tinfoil barb (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii) is a tropical Southeast Asian freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
• The rosy barb (Pethia conchonius) is a subtropical freshwater cyprinid fish found in southern Asia from Afghanistan to Bangladesh.
• Examples of colour morphs (not hybrids) of tiger barb include highly melanistic green tiger barbs that reflect green over their black because of the Tyndall effect, gold tiger barbs and albino tiger barbs.
• The checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to creeks, rivers, and lakes in Sumatra, Indonesia.
• The Denison barb, Denison's barb, Miss Kerala, red-line torpedo barb, or roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii) is an endangered species of cyprinid fish endemic to the fast-flowing hill streams and rivers of the Western Ghats in India.
• In particular the genus Barbonymus, containing the tinfoil barb and its relatives – for some time included in Puntius – appears to be a kind of carp that has evolved convergently with barbs.
• The striped barb (Desmopuntius johorensis), is a species of cyprinid fish Cyprinidae native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra where it is found in the shallows of rivers, streams and ditches.
• It is known that during the 8th century, Barb stallions were crossed with mares native to the area, and more Oriental horse blood was introduced by the Comte du Perche upon his return from the Crusades and expeditions into territory claimed by Spain.

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