Carp
[kɑːp] or [kɑrp]
Definition
(noun.) any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.
(noun.) the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised.
Checker: Mimi--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To talk; to speak; to prattle.
(v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
(v. t.) To say; to tell.
(v. t.) To find fault with; to censure.
(pl. ) of Carp
(n.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Checker: Phelps
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cavil, censure, challenge, overhaul, canvass, hypercriticise, object, catch
ANT:Allow, concede, admit, compliment, encourage, approve, applaud, endorse,acquiesce, assent
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Definition
n. a fresh-water fish common in ponds.
v.i. to catch at small faults or errors (with at).—ns. Carp′er one who carps or cavils; Carp′ing cavilling: fault-finding.—adv. Carp′ingly.
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Examples
- The clouds on her mother's brow had cleared off under the propitious influence of a brace of carp, most opportunely presented by a neighbour. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It would be as bad as letting Carp, and Brasenose generally, know how backward he was in organizing the matter for his Key to all Mythologies. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Hence it was necessary to maintain a constant vigilance to defeat the insidious attacks of carping critics and others who would attempt to injure the Edison system by misleading statements. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Rex