Knecknoun
The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.
Knecknoun
The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.
Necknoun
(anatomy) The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
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The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
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The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
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The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
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(botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
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(music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
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A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
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(engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
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The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
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(architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
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(firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
Neckverb
To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
Neckverb
To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Neckverb
To drink rapidly.
Neckverb
To decrease in diameter.
Necknoun
The part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.
Necknoun
Any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal
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A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.
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the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.
Neckverb
To reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; - used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.
Neckverb
To kiss and caress amorously.
Necknoun
the part of an organism that connects the head to the rest of the body;
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a narrow elongated projecting strip of land
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a cut of meat from the neck of an animal
Necknoun
opening for the neck; the part of a garment near the neck opening
Neckverb
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion;
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the part of a person's or animal's body connecting the head to the rest of the body
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the part of a garment that is around or close to the neck
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meat from an animal's neck
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a person's neck regarded as bearing a burden of responsibility or guilt
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a narrow connecting or end part of something.
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the part of a bottle or other container near the mouth
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a narrow piece of land or sea, such as an isthmus or channel
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a narrow part near one end of an organ, such as the uterus
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the part of a violin, guitar, or other similar instrument that bears the fingerboard.
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a column of solidified lava or igneous rock formed in a volcanic vent, especially when exposed by erosion.
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a narrow supporting part in a plant, especially the terminal part of the fruiting body in a fern, bryophyte, or fungus.
Necknoun
the length of a horse's head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race
Neckverb
(of two people) kiss and caress amorously
Neckverb
swallow (something, especially a drink)
Neckverb
form a narrowed part at a particular point when subjected to tension
Neck
The neck is the part of the body on many vertebrates that connects the head with the torso and provides the mobility and movements of the head. The structures of the human neck are anatomically grouped into four compartments; vertebral, visceral and two vascular compartments.