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English
Etymology 1
Short for sabotage.
Verb
sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)
- (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.
Etymology 2
Short for sable.
Noun
sab (uncountable)
- Alternative form of sab. (“sable”)
Etymology 3
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- (UK, slang) A sabbatical officer.
Anagrams
- B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, Abs, B. A. S., ABs, abs, abs., Bas, ABS, BAS, bas, abs-, ASB, A.B.s, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s
Catalan
Verb
sab
- Obsolete form of sap.
Cornish
Noun
sab f (singulative saben)
- pines
Synonyms
Eastern Ojibwa
Etymology
cf. Ojibwe asab
Noun
sab anim (plural sabiig)
- net
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French sable (“sand”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sab
- sand
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic أَصَابَ (ʔaṣāba). Compare Moroccan Arabic صاب (ṣāb).
Pronunciation
Verb
sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)
- to find
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:Ja Sena Ġdida,
għalkemm mal-wasla tiegħek
sew f’nofs il-lejl
int sibtni nidħaq ġewwa nofs il-ballu- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to find (something or someone) useful
- to catch
- to look for
- to find out, to realise
- to be known as
Conjugation
Ottawa
Noun
sab anim
- net
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 117
Scots
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- sob
Verb
sab
- sob