Found 3 items, similar to Collar.
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Definition: collar
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: collar
collar
n 1: a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
[syn:
neckband]
2: a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's
neck as a harness or to identify it
3: necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck [syn:
choker,
dog collar,
neckband]
4: a figurative restraint;
“asked for a collar on program
trading in the stock market”;
“kept a tight leash on his
emotions”;
“he's always gotten a long leash” [syn:
leash]
5: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a
criminal);
“the policeman on the beat got credit for the
collar” [syn:
apprehension,
arrest,
catch,
pinch,
taking into custody]
v 1: take into custody;
“the police nabbed the suspected
criminals” [syn:
nail,
apprehend,
arrest,
pick up,
nab,
cop]
2: seize by the neck or collar
3: furnish with a collar;
“collar the dog”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Collar
Collar
\Col"lar\, n. [OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier,
necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum;
akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf.
Hals, n.]
1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament,
restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a
lady's collar; the collar of a dog.
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2. (Arch.)
(a) A ring or cincture.
(b) A collar beam.
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3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a
plant and its stem. --Gray.
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4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it
devices to designate their rank or order.
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5. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with
esophagus.
(b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
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6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or
against an object, and used for restraining motion within
given limits, or for holding something to its place, or
for hiding an opening around an object; as, a collar on a
shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a
collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it
enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a
stuffing box are sometimes called collars.
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7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or
stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which
certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
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8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the
mouth of a shaft. --Raymond.
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Collar beam (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber
connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; --
also, called simply
collar.
Collar of brawn, the quantity of brawn bound up in one
parcel. [Eng.] --Johnson.
Collar day, a day of great ceremony at the English court,
when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear
the collars of those orders.
To slip the collar, to get free; to disentangle one's self
from difficulty, labor, or engagement. --Spenser.
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Collar
\Col"lar\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Collared; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Collaring.]
1. To seize by the collar.
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2. To put a collar on.
3. to arrest, as a wanted criminal. Same as
put the collar on
.
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To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it
close with a string preparatory to cooking it.
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