COLLAR
\kˈɒlə], \kˈɒlə], \k_ˈɒ_l_ə]\
Definitions of COLLAR
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
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a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
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furnish with a collar; "collar the dog"
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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"
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take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
By Princeton University
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the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
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necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
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a figurative restraint; "a collar on program trading in the stock market"
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a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
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furnish with a collar; "collar the dog"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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A ring or cincture.
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A collar beam.
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The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
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An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
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A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
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A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
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A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
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To seize by the collar.
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To put a collar on.
By Oddity Software
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To seize by the collar.
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Something worn about the neck, for use, restraint, or ornament; a round ring; collar bone, the clavicle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Something worn round the neck: the part of a garment at the neck: a ring: a band.
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To seize by the collar: to put on a collar.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Something worn round the neck; the part of a garment round the neck; a part of a harness for the neck of a horse or other beast used in draught; anything like a collar or a ring; the upper part of a stay; also a rope in form of a wreath to which a stay is confined; a ring, cincture, or astragal.
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To seize by the collar; to put a collar on. A collar or collar-beam, a horizontal piece of timber connecting and bracing two opposite rafters. To slip the collar, to get free; to escape. A collar of brawn, the quantity tied up in one parcel. To collar beef or other meat, to roll it up and bind it close with a string.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Something worn round the neck; that part of the harness which goes round the neck of a horse or other, animal used as a beast of burden; in arch., a ring.
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To catch hold of one by anything round the neck; to roll up flesh meat and bind it with cord.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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The choana of a collared cell; a prominent fold behind the proboscis in the Hemichorda; the fleshy rim projecting beyond the edge of a snail shell; any structure likened to a collar.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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