Canadian English Meaning of beetle
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Definitions and Meaning of beetle in English
beetle (n)
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings
a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing
beetle (v)
be suspended over or hang over
fly or go in a manner resembling a beetle
beat with a beetle
beetle (s)
jutting or overhanging
beetle (v. t.)
A heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; -- called also beetling machine.
To beat with a heavy mallet.
To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera.
beetle (v. i.)
To extend over and beyond the base or support; to overhang; to jut.
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beetle
insect having biting mouthparts and front wings modified to form horny covers overlying the membranous rear wings, a tool resembling a hammer but with a large h
bulge,poke,protrude,bag,balloon,wave,bunch,dome,Jut,overhang
compress,Contract,shrink,condense,constrict
beethovenian => Beethovenian, beethoven => Beethoven, beete => beets, beet sugar => Beet sugar, beet radish => Beetroot,
