Frog Meaning and Definition

Word: Frog

How to pronounce: frɒg

Noun

Definitions:

1. A tailless amphibian with a short squat body, moist smooth skin, and very long hind legs for leaping.

Example sentences: "Around 5,000 amphibian species, including frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders are thought to exist today."

2. A French person.

Intransitive verb

Definitions:

1. Hunt for or catch frogs.

Noun

Definitions:

1. An ornamental coat fastener or braid consisting of a spindle-shaped button and a loop through which it passes.

Example sentences: "I wasn't exotic and I never thought about wearing a little black linen pants and a shirt that closed with frogs instead of buttons."

2. A perforated or spiked device for holding the stems of flowers in an arrangement.

3. The piece into which the hair is fitted at the lower end of the bow of a stringed instrument.

Example sentences: "In Renaissance Europe the stick became straighter, and a wooden frog was wedged between stick and hair to hold them apart at the heel."

4. A grooved metal plate for guiding the wheels of a railroad vehicle at an intersection.

Noun

Definitions:

1. An elastic horny pad growing in the sole of a horse's hoof, helping to absorb the shock when the hoof hits the ground.

Example sentences: "‘The horse scraped the frog of his left hoof in the backstretch and lost his drive,’ Nakatani said."

Synonyms:

bullfrog

toad

leapfrog

splash pool

Derivations:

froggy

frogling

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Frog in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sapo

German: Frosch

French: Grenouille

Italian: Rana

Turkish: Kurbağa