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Collar

//ˈkɑ.ləɹ// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.

    "It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar."

  2. 2
    the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) wordnet
  3. 3
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
  4. 4
    a figurative restraint wordnet
  5. 5
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A chain worn around the neck.
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  1. 6
    necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck wordnet
  2. 7
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A similar detachable item.
  3. 8
    a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over wordnet
  4. 9
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
  5. 10
    a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it wordnet
  6. 11
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.

    "Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag."

  7. 12
    the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot wordnet
  8. 13
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
  9. 14
    a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part wordnet
  10. 15
    Clothes that encircle the neck.; A hangman's knot. archaic
  11. 16
    anything worn or placed about the neck wordnet
  12. 17
    A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.

    "a collar of brawn"

  13. 18
    (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal wordnet
  14. 19
    Any encircling device or structure.

    "A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath."

  15. 20
    Any encircling device or structure.; A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
  16. 21
    Any encircling device or structure.; A ring or cincture.
  17. 22
    Any encircling device or structure.; A collar beam.
  18. 23
    Any encircling device or structure.; A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
  19. 24
    Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing. in-compounds
  20. 25
    The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
  21. 26
    A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
  22. 27
    An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
  23. 28
    An arrest. slang

    "The collar was made less than twenty-four hours after the hunky bastards butchered the old man."

  24. 29
    A trading strategy using options such that there is both an upper limit on profit and a lower limit on loss, constructed through taking equal but opposite positions in a put and a call with different strike prices.
  25. 30
    A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.
Verb
  1. 1
    To grab or seize by the collar or neck. transitive
  2. 2
    take into custody wordnet
  3. 3
    To place a collar on, to fit with one. transitive

    "Collar and leash aggressive dogs."

  4. 4
    furnish with a collar wordnet
  5. 5
    To surround or encircle.
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  1. 6
    seize by the neck or collar wordnet
  2. 7
    To seize, capture or detain. transitive
  3. 8
    To steal. transitive

    ""Ho, aboard the Salt Junk Sarah, Rollin" home across the line, The Bo'sun collared the Captain's hat And threw it in the brine."

  4. 9
    To preempt, control stringently and exclusively. transitive
  5. 10
    To arrest. transitive

    "Britain’s police are especially zealous. Officers spend thousands of hours sifting through potentially offensive posts and arrest 30 people a day. Among those collared were a man who ranted about immigration on Facebook and a couple who criticised their daughter’s primary school."

  6. 11
    To bind in conversation. figuratively, transitive

    "I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour."

  7. 12
    To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking. transitive
  8. 13
    To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

Etymology 2

From Middle English coler, borrowed from Old French coler (Modern French collier), from Late Latin collāre, from Latin collāris, from collum (“neck”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 (hals, “neck”), Old English heals (“neck”). Compare Spanish cuello (“neck”). More at halse. Doublet of collet.

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