fang – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to fang
Participle: fanged
Gerund: fanging

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	fang
we	Let's fang
you	fang

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

seize in motion

catch, grab, snatch

receive

get, give, receive

seize; grip; clutch

grasp

take

receive, take

To receive a thing given or imposed.

receive

to gain possession or control by force or stratagem

begripe, capture, grasp, gripe, lay hold of, seize, take hold

to hold firmly, particularly with the hand

begrasp, begrip, belock, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, grip, hang on, hold, hold on, hold tight, nim, seize, stranglehold, take

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. fang "prey, spoils, a seizing or taking," from gefangen, pp. of fon "seize, take, capture," from P.Gmc. *fango- (cf. O.N. fanga, Ger. fangen), from PIE base *pank-/*pak- "to make firm, fix;" connected to L. pax (gen. pacis) "peace." The sense of "canine tooth" (1555) probably developed from O.E. fengtoð, lit. "catching- or grasping-tooth."
2. From clipping of fangtooth, from Middle English *fangtooth, *fengtooth, from Old English fengtōþ (“molar tooth”), from feng, preterite of fōn (“to catch, take, seize”). Cognate with German Fangzahn (“fang”, literally “catch-tooth”) and Dutch vangtand. See also related senses of Etymology 3 below.

Verbs referencing "fang"

German, old spelling fangen, Greek, Ancient πήγνυμι.

Sample Sentences