CARP
Dictionary entry overview: What does carp mean?
• CARP (noun)
The noun CARP has 2 senses:
1. the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
2. any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
Familiarity information: CARP used as a noun is rare.
• CARP (verb)
The verb CARP has 1 sense:
1. raise trivial objections
Familiarity information: CARP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CARP (noun)
Meaning:
The lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("carp" is a kind of...):
freshwater fish (flesh of fish from fresh water used as food)
Holonyms ("carp" is a part of...):
Cyprinus carpio; domestic carp (large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest)
Meaning:
Any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("carp" is a kind of...):
cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carp"):
Cyprinus carpio; domestic carp (large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest)
Holonyms ("carp" is a member of...):
Cyprinidae; family Cyprinidae (a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace)
• CARP (verb)
Meaning:
Raise trivial objections
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
carp; cavil; chicane
Hypernyms (to "carp" is one way to...):
object (express or raise an objection or protest or criticism or express dissent)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
