ab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Clipping of abdominal muscle .
noun
  1. An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
verb
  1. To abseil.
  2. Abbreviation of abort.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of abortion.
prep
  1. Abbreviation of about.
adv
  1. Abbreviation of about.
noun
  1. The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Alberta: a province of Canada.
  2. Initialism of Artium baccalaureus.
  3. Initialism of Aryan Brotherhood, a US white supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang and crime syndicate.
  4. Initialism of Anheuser-Busch.
noun
  1. Initialism of able seaman or able-bodied seaman.
  2. Initialism of afterburner.
  3. Initialism of aid to the blind.
  4. Initialism of airbase.
  5. Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.
  6. Initialism of antibody.
  7. Initialism of artificial breeding.
  8. Initialism of assembly bill.
  9. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.
  10. A person with this blood type.
  11. Initialism of adult baby.
  12. Initialism of asymmetric bars.
adj
  1. Initialism of airborne.
  2. Initialism of antiballistic.
  3. Initialism of at bat.
noun
  1. Symbol for antibody.
name
  1. Av.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abner, from Hebrew, occasionally used as a formal given name.
noun
  1. In Egyptian belief, the heart and will and conscience of a person, especially that of the recently deceased which proceeds to the afterlife and is weighed as evidence during his or her judgement.
  2. An Ancient Egyptian amulet in the shape of a heart (ib).
noun
  1. Abbreviation of Abbot.

Pronunciation

/æb/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ab.wav /ˌeɪˈbiː/ /ɑb/

Word forms

ab abs abbing abbed ib

Etymology

Abbreviation of abscess.

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