Collar
['kɒlə] or ['kɑlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over.
(noun.) a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it.
(noun.) the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot.
(noun.) a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part.
(noun.) anything worn or placed about the neck; 'the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar'; 'a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse'.
(noun.) (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal.
(verb.) take into custody; 'the police nabbed the suspected criminals'.
(verb.) furnish with a collar; 'collar the dog'.
(verb.) seize by the neck or collar.
Editor: Ryan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A ring or cincture.
(n.) A collar beam.
(n.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
(n.) An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devices to designate their rank or order.
(n.) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus.
(n.) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
(v. t.) To seize by the collar.
(v. t.) To put a collar on.
Edited by Glenn
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Neck-band.
Checker: Ophelia
Definition
n. something worn round the neck: the part of a garment at the neck: a band round a dog's neck: that part of a horse's harness worn round the neck to which the traces are attached: a ring: a band.—v.t. to seize by the collar: to put a collar on: to capture.—ns. Coll′ar-beam a horizontal piece of timber connecting or bracing two opposite rafters to prevent sagging; Coll′ar-bone in man and most mammals the only bone directly connecting the upper extremity with the skeleton of the trunk.—p.adj. Coll′ared having or ornamented with a collar: rolled up and bound with a string as a piece of meat having the bones removed: captured.—ns. Coll′arette a small collar; Coll′ar-work hard work against the collar: drudgery.
Editor: Shanna
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of wearing a collar, you will have high honors thrust upon you that you will hardly be worthy of. For a woman to dream of collars, she will have many admirers, but no sincere ones, She will be likely to remain single for a long while.
Edited by Jonathan
Examples
- Jo in maroon, with a stiff, gentlemanly linen collar, and a white chrysanthemum or two for her only ornament. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Bute, Bute, why did you break your collar-bone? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It blows, ma'am,' replied Mr. Bumble, turning up his coat-collar, 'enough to cut one's ears off. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Time passed Thomas on in the mill, while his father was thinking about it, and there he stood in a long-tailed coat and a stiff shirt-collar. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He wore his collar and orders, his blue ribbon and garter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Rosamond's eyes also were roaming over her aunt's large embroidered collar. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He pushed his collar and tie into his overcoat pocket. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Ingenious forms of hand-operated ironing machines for turning over and ironing the edges of collars, and other articles, are in successful use. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Her body was long and elegant, her face was crushed tiny like a beetle's, she had rows of round heavy collars, like a column of quoits, on her neck. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I'll relieve them of their collars, sir, I answered, and leave them free to take a turn in the night, if they smell a reason for it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I sent up Samuel with the brandy-and-water; and then went out and unbuckled the dogs' collars. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- His shirt collars were higher; his face was redder; his shirt-frill flaunted gorgeously out of his variegated waistcoat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Clean collars were in voguethe ordinary dingy woollen classe-dress was exchanged for something lighter and clearer. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Whom Mrs. Sparsit incontinently collared. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- When this process is complete the impression is retouched by the engraver, and hardened and collared like the matrix. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Stanton