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The definition of a frog is an amphibian with no tail, strong legs, short arms, smooth skin and webbed feet, or a triangular pad on a horse's foot, or a device to hold flower stems in an arrangement.
(noun)- An example of a frog is a toad.
- An example of a frog is the back half of a horse's sole.
- An example of a frog is a metal box that is placed in a bowl to hold the stems of flowers in a somewhat vertical position.
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See frog in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- any of various families of tailless, leaping anuran amphibians with long, powerful hind legs, short forelegs, a smooth skin, and webbed feet: it develops from a tadpole, and most species, when grown, are able to live either in water or on land that is near water
- a toad
- a triangular, horny pad in the posterior half of the sole of a horse's foot
- a fastening on a belt for carrying a sword, bayonet, etc.
- a corded or braided loop used as a fastener or decoration on clothing
- ☆ a device on railroad tracks for keeping cars on the proper rails at intersections or switches
- a device placed in a bowl or vase to hold the stems of flowers
- that part of the bow of a stringed instrument, including the nut, by which the bow is held
- Slang a French person: term of contempt or derision
Origin: ME frogge < OE frogga, akin to Ger frosch, ON froskr < IE base *preu-, to jump > Sans právatē, (he) hops
See frog in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of numerous tailless, aquatic, semiaquatic, or terrestrial amphibians of the order Anura and especially of the family Ranidae, characteristically having a smooth moist skin, webbed feet, and long hind legs adapted for leaping.
- A wedge-shaped, horny prominence in the sole of a horse's hoof.
- A loop fastened to a belt to hold a tool or weapon.
- An ornamental looped braid or cord with a button or knot for fastening the front of a garment.
- A device on intersecting railroad tracks that permits wheels to cross the junction.
- A spiked or perforated device used to support stems in a flower arrangement.
- The nut of a violin bow.
- Informal Hoarseness or phlegm in the throat.
- Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a French person.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English frogge
Origin: , from Old English frogga
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