Crossword-Solution: CARP
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Carp | v. i. | To talk; to speak; to prattle. |
| Carp | v. i. | To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. |
| Carp | v. t. | To say; to tell. |
| Carp | v. t. | To find fault with; to censure. |
| Carp | pl. | of Carp |
| Carp | n. | A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CARP | anagram | CRAP, PARC, RCPA |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with CARP (5)
Bead and butt (Carp.), framing in which the panels are flush, having beads stuck or run upon the two edges.
Brown lily-pads lie heavy and supine Within a granite basin, under one The bronze-gold glimmer of a carp; and I Reach out my hand and pluck a nectarine.
Then, nature asserting herself, I passed into the comforting kingdom of sleep, where, a golden carp of fattest build, I oared it in translucent waters with a new half-crown snug under right fin and left; and thrust up a nose through water-lily leaves to be kissed by a rose-flushed Princess.
Ensconced behind the respect which the young are supposed to pay them, they give free vent to inclination, and carp, cavil, and correct.
Men will dishonour their parents as they grow quickly old, and will carp at them, chiding them with bitter words, hard-hearted they, not knowing the fear of the gods.
Quotes with CARP (3)
The orange of the golden carp appeared at the edge of the pond. . . . We watched in silence at the beauty and grandeur of the great fish. Out of the corners of my eyes I saw Cico hold his hand to his breast as the golden carp glided by. Then with a switch of his powerful tail the golden carp disappeared into the shadowy water under the thicket.
Why can’t people get along without criticizing one another?” Urashima shakes his head as he ponders this rudimentary question. “Never have the bush clover blooming on the beach, nor the little crabs who skitter o’er the sand, nor the wild geese resting their wings in yonder cove found fault with me. Would that human beings too were thus! Each individual has his own way of living. Can we not learn to respect one another’s chosen way? One makes every effort to live in a dignifi…
It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it alone.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 370 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).