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roach
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roach has 5 senses
- roach(n = noun.body) Array - a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; Array is a kind of coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
- roach(n = noun.artifact) Array - the butt of a marijuana cigarette; Array is a kind of butt, stub
- roach(n = noun.artifact) circle, forget me drug, mexican valium, r-2, roofy, rope, rophy - street names for flunitrazepan; Array is a kind of flunitrazepan, rohypnol
- roach(n = noun.animal) cockroach - any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects; some are domestic pests; Array is a kind of dictyopterous insect
- roach(n = noun.animal) rutilus rutilus - European freshwater food fish having a greenish back; Array is a kind of cyprinid, cyprinid fish
Derived form verb roach1
is a member of blattaria, blattodea, suborder blattaria, suborder blattodea
has particulars: asiatic cockroach, blackbeetle, blatta orientalis, oriental cockroach, oriental roach, american cockroach, periplaneta americana, australian cockroach, periplaneta australasiae, blattella germanica, croton bug, crotonbug, german cockroach, water bug, giant cockroach
is a member of genus rutilus, rutilus
Verb roach has 2 senses
- roach(v = verb.contact) Array - comb (hair) into a roach; Array is one way to comb
- roach(v = verb.contact) Array - cut the mane off (a horse); Array is one way to chop off, cut off, lop off
Derived form noun roach1
Sample sentence:
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Sample sentence:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
roach, n.
A cockroach. [1913 Webster]
roach, n. [OE. rroche; cf. AS. reohha, D. rog, roch, G. roche, LG. ruche, Dan. rokke ray, Sw. rocka, and E. ray a fish.].
- A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (
Leuciscus rutilus ). It is silver-white, with a greenish back. [1913 Webster] - A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit. [1913 Webster]
roach, v. t.
- To cause to arch. [1913 Webster]
- To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roach, n. (pl. same) a small freshwater fish, esp. Rutilus rutilus, allied to the carp.
roach, n.
1 US colloq. a cockroach.
2 sl. the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
1 US colloq. a cockroach.
2 sl. the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
roach, n. Naut. an upward curve in the foot of a square sail.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
roach
DET, DMT, LSD, Mary Jane, STP, THC, acid, afterglow, afterimage, antidepressant, ataractic, balance, butt, butt end, candle ends, cat flea, chaff, chigoe, cockroach, crab, debris, detritus, diethyltryptamine, dimethyltryptamine, dog flea, end, fag end, filings, flea, fossil, gage, ganja, grass, grayback, hallucinogen, hash, hashish, hay, hemp, holdover, husks, jigger, joint, kava, leavings, leftovers, louse, marijuana, mescal, mescal bean, mescal button, mescaline, mind-altering drug, mind-blowing drug, mind-expanding drug, mite, morning glory seeds, nit, odds and ends, offscourings, orts, parasite, parings, peyote, pot, psilocin, psilocybin, psychedelic, psychic energizer, psychoactive drug, psychochemical, psychotomimetic, rags, red bug, reefer, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rubbish, ruins, rump, sand flea, sawdust, scourings, scraps, shadow, shavings, stick, straw, stubble, stump, survival, sweepings, tea, trace, tranquilizer, vermin, vestige, waste, weed, weevil
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