collar

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Noun 2.1.2.1 Synonyms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Pronunciation 2.2.2 Verb 2.2.2.1 Conjugation 2.2.2.2 Synonyms 3 Spanish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English coler, from Old French (modern: collier, col), from Latin collare, from collum 'neck'.

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• Rhymes: -ɒlə(r)

[edit] Noun

collar (plural collars)

1. The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket...) that fits around the neck and throat.
2. A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline
3. A chain worn around the neck
4. A similar detachable item
5. Anything that encircles the neck.
6. A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identifie it.

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

7. A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
8. (technology) Any encircling device or structure.

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

9. (in compounds) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing; see -collar.

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blue-collar bottle collar brass-collar choke collar collar stud collarbone collared lizard dog collar equity collar

Eton collar feel someone's collar flea collar floatation collar head collar hot under the collar interest rate collar mandarin collar Peter Pan collar

pink-collar rain collar Roman collar sailor collar shawl collar storm collar Vandyke collar white-collar white-collar crime wing collar

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[edit] Verb

to collar (third-person singular simple present collars, present participle collaring, simple past and past participle collared)

1. (transitive) To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
2. (transitive) To place a collar on, to fit with one.

   Collar and leash agressive dogs.

3. (transitive) To seize, capture or detain.
4. (transitive) To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
5. (law enforcement) (transitive) To arrest.
6. (figuratively) (transitive) To bind in conversation.

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

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[edit] Derived terms

• collaring

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin collāre (“‘an unattached item worn about the neck’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Eastern Catalan) IPA: [kuʎá]
• (Western Catalan, Mallorca) IPA: [koʎá]

[edit] Noun

collar m. (plural collars)

1. A collar. (a chain or belt placed around the neck of an animal)
2. A collar. (a solid circle of metal placed around the neck of a slave or prisoner)
3. A collar. (any ornament placed at the neck)
4. (historical) A collar. (a gold chain worn about the neck as a badge of belonging to certain chivalric orders)
5. A necklace.
6. (historical, military) An aventail.
7. A collar. (a ring or loop used to support and protect a rotating shaft)
8. A collar. (a ring or loop used to join together two parts of a shaft or pole)
9. (entomology) A collar. (lobed membranous expansion of the prothorax of some insects)
10. (zoology) A collar. (a band of feathers, fur, or scales about the neck of an animal that is of a contrasting color to what is near it)

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• (necklace): collaret

[edit] Etymology 2

From the action of securing a yoke around the coll (“‘neck’”) of an animal.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Eastern Catalan) IPA: [kuʎá]
• (Western Catalan, Mallorca) IPA: [koʎá]

[edit] Verb

collar (first person singular present indicative collo, past participle collat)

1. To join together objects through the use of nuts or bolts.
2. To collar a person or animal.
3. To establish control of a person or animal.
4. To twist. (to pressure someone to do something)
5. To screw. (to tighten a screw)
6. (textiles) To adjust a collador (“‘heddle’”).

[edit] Conjugation

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• (to collar an animal): enjovar, junyir
• (to establish control): sotmetre, subjectar

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

collar m. (plural collares)

1. A necklace
2. An animal's collar, band or chain around its neck

[edit] Related terms

• cuello