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21carp — Mot Monosíl·lab Nom masculí …
22carp — [v] nag bother, cavil, censure, complain, criticize, find fault, fuss, grumble, hypercriticize, knock, nitpick*, objurgate, pan, peck*, pick at, quibble, reproach; concept 52 Ant. ignore, let go …
23-carp — [kärp] [ModL < Gr karpos: see HARVEST] combining form forming nouns fruit [endocarp] …
24Carp — Taxobox name = Carp image width = 200px image caption = Common carp, Cyprinus carpio regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Osteichthyes ordo = Cypriniformes familia = Cyprinidae subdivision ranks = Genera subdivision = Abramis… …
25carp — carp1 carper, n. /kahrp/, v.i. 1. to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors. n. 2. a peevish complaint. [1200 50; ME carpen to speak, prate < ON karpa to brag, wrangle] Syn.… …
26carp — 1) the Carp Family (Cyprinidae), the most speciose freshwater fish family with over 2420 species 2) Cyprinus carpio, the common carp, widely used in aquaculture and the eponymous member of the Carp Family, Cyprinidae 3) to find fault, complain… …
27carp´er — carp1 «kahrp», verb, noun. –v.i. to find fault; complain: »We will not carp at this great writer (Matthew Arnold). No doubt every psychologist will find something to carp at a quibble over a definition or a complaint about an omission (New… …
28carp- — ⇒ CARPE, CARP(O) , (CARP , CARPO )élément formateur. Premier ou second élément de compos. signifiant « fruit » formateur de termes de bot. A. Carp(o) , élément préf. formateur de subst. et d adj. : carpadèle, subst. masc. « Fruit indéhiscent à… …
29carp — I UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] noun [countable] Word forms carp : singular carp plural carp a large fish that lives in lakes and rivers II UK [kɑː(r)p] / US [kɑrp] verb [intransitive] Word forms carp : present tense I/you/we/they carp he/she/it carps …
30carp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Icelandic karpa to dispute Date: 14th century to find fault or complain querulously • carper noun II. noun Date: 1904 complaint III …
