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Definition & Synonyms
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• Stab
- (n.) Fig.: An injury inflicted covertly or suddenly; as, a stab given to character.
- (n.) The thrust of a pointed weapon.
- (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
- (v. t.) To pierce with a pointed weapon; to wound or kill by the thrust of a pointed instrument; as, to stab a man with a dagger; also, to thrust; as, to stab a dagger into a person.
- (n.) A wound with a sharp-pointed weapon; as, to fall by the stab an assassin.
- (v. t.) Fig.: To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander; as, to stab a persons reputation.
- (v. i.) To wound or pain, as if with a pointed weapon.
Synonyms:
Dig, Jab, Knife, Poke, Prod, Thrust,
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• Stab culture
- () A culture made by inoculating a solid medium, as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. The growths are usually of characteristic form.
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• Stabbed
- (imp. & p. p.) of Stab
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