Crossword-Solution: ROB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Rob | n. | The inspissated juice of ripe fruit, obtained by evaporation of the juice over a fire till it acquires the consistence of a sirup. It is sometimes mixed with honey or sugar. |
| Rob | v. t. | To take (something) away from by force; to strip by stealing; to plunder; to pillage; to steal from. |
| Rob | v. t. | To take the property of (any one) from his person, or in his presence, feloniously, and against his will, by violence or by putting him in fear. |
| Rob | v. t. | To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud; as, to rob one of his rest, or of his good name; a tree robs the plants near it of sunlight. |
| Rob | v. i. | To take that which belongs to another, without right or permission, esp. by violence. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ROB | anagram | BOR, BRO, OBR, ORB |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with ROB (5)
One or two men were speaking of a daring attempt that had just been made to rob a young lady by lifting the canvas of the tent beside her.
There is a classic quote from Rob Pike (inventor of the {blit} terminal): "A smart terminal is not a smart*ass* terminal, but rather a terminal you can educate." This illustrates a common design problem: The attempt to make peripherals (or anything else) intelligent sometimes results in finicky, rigid `special features' that become just so much dead weight if you try to use the device in any way the designer didn't anticipate.
Nor shall you know at what minute the hand will reach out through the darkness and the silence with the keen dagger that shall rob you of your last chance to win again the warmth and the freedom and joyousness of the outer world.” Zat Arras clapped his hands as he ceased speaking.
When this madness is in a mild form it is harmless and the man passes for sane; but when it develops powerfully and takes possession of the man, it can make him cheat, rob, and kill; and when he has got his fortune and lost it again it can land him in the asylum or the suicide’s coffin.
Nor am I blind to the lofty honour that has caused you, Carthoris, to risk your life and hers to save mine, though you thought that that very act would rob you of the chance to keep her for your own.
Quotes with ROB (3)
Underneath the sky, so void of light, the rain soaked me through. I held on to the railing and felt calm, even content, and then he had to reach through the dark, raise my temperature and make my heart beat a little bit faster. Not very gallant I should say... especially so close to bedtime. Friend or not, should he rob me of sleep, I'll be sure to take his.
A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.
The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number of old ladies.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYM, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 627 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).