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Webster 1913 Edition
Kraken
Kra′ken
,Noun.
[Prob. from OSw.
krake
, or ODan. krage
the trunk of a tree, the branches of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the Norwegian mariners.] A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an immense octopus.
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent or
kraken
, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of their existence, would be presumption. Goldsmith.
Like a
kraken
huge and black. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Kraken
KRA'KEN
,Noun.
Definition 2025
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See also: Kraken
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Verb
kraken
- (transitive) To break open (a shell)
- (intransitive) To make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
- (transitive) To break up into (chemical) components
- (transitive, figuratively) To break someone mentally
- (transitive, figuratively) To solve a code
- (transitive and intransitive, figuratively) To practise chiropractic (on a patient)
- (transitive, figuratively) To squat (a building)
- (intransitive) To start (said of the day)
Inflection
| Inflection of kraken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kraken | |||
| past singular | kraakte | |||
| past participle | gekraakt | |||
| infinitive | kraken | |||
| gerund | kraken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kraak | kraakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kraakt | kraakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kraakt | kraakte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kraakt | kraakte | ||
| 3rd person singular | kraakt | kraakte | ||
| plural | kraken | kraakten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | krake | kraakte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kraken | kraakten | ||
| imperative sing. | kraak | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kraakt | |||
| participles | krakend | gekraakt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- (start): krieken
Derived terms
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