COARB | • coarb n. (Historical) The successor to the founder of a religious institution. • coarb n. (Historical) The head of one of the families composing an old Irish sept. • COARB n. (historical) the head of a family in an Irish sept; an ecclesiastical successor, also COMARB. |
COARBS | • coarbs n. Plural of coarb. • COARB n. (historical) the head of a family in an Irish sept; an ecclesiastical successor, also COMARB. |
COARSE | • coarse adj. With a rough texture; not smooth. • coarse adj. Composed of large particles. • coarse adj. Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy. |
COARSEN | • coarsen v. (Transitive) To make (more) coarse. • coarsen v. (Intransitive) To become (more) coarse. • COARSEN v. to make coarse. |
COARSER | • coarser adj. Comparative form of coarse: more coarse. • COARSE adj. rough, crude. |
COARSELY | • coarsely adv. In a coarse manner. • COARSE adv. rough, crude. |
COARSENS | • coarsens v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coarsen. • COARSEN v. to make coarse. |
COARSEST | • coarsest adj. Superlative form of coarse: most coarse. • COARSE adj. rough, crude. |
COARSISH | • coarsish adj. Somewhat coarse. • COARSISH adj. somewhat coarse. |
COARCTATE | • coarctate adj. (Medicine) Pressed close together, constricted, narrowed, compressed. • coarctate adj. (Entomology) (of the pupa of certain flies) Enclosed in a rigid case formed by the larval cuticle or puparium. • coarctate v. (Obsolete) To press together; to crowd. |
COARSENED | • coarsened v. Simple past tense and past participle of coarsen. • COARSEN v. to make coarse. |
COARCTATED | • coarctated v. Simple past tense and past participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
COARCTATES | • coarctates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
COARSENESS | • coarseness n. The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished. • coarseness n. The quality or state of being coarse. • COARSENESS n. the state of being coarse. |
COARSENING | • coarsening v. Present participle of coarsen. • coarsening n. The process or the result of becoming coarse. • COARSEN v. to make coarse. |
COARCTATING | • coarctating v. Present participle of coarctate. • COARCTATE v. to press together; to crowd. |
COARCTATION | • coarctation n. (Pathology) A congenital stricture or narrowing of a short section of the aorta. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A confinement to a narrow space. • coarctation n. (Obsolete) A pressure; that which presses. |
COARCTATIONS | • coarctations n. Plural of coarctation. • COARCTATION n. the action of compressing tightly; the state of being tightly compressed. |
COARSENESSES | • coarsenesses n. Plural of coarseness. • COARSENESS n. the state of being coarse. |