collar

Plural: collars

Noun

• a band that fits around the neck and is usually folded over
• (zoology) an encircling band or marking around the neck of any animal
• anything worn or placed about the neck
  • "the thief was forced to wear a heavy wooden collar"
  • "a collar of flowers was placed about the neck of the winning horse"
• a short ring fastened over a rod or shaft to limit, guide, or secure a machine part
• the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot
• a band of leather or rope that is placed around an animal's neck as a harness or to identify it
• necklace that fits tightly around a woman's neck
• a figurative restraint
  • "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"
• the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  • "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"
• 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.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A chain worn around the neck.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A similar detachable item.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
• Clothes that encircle the neck.
• A hangman's knot.
• A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
• Any encircling device or structure.
• Any encircling device or structure.
• A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
• Any encircling device or structure.
• A ring or cincture.
• Any encircling device or structure.
• A collar beam.
• Any encircling device or structure.
• A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
• Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
• The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem
• A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
• 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.
• An arrest.
• 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.
• A topological neighborhood around a submanifold that can be deformed to preserve a specified condition or structure.

Verb

Verb Forms: collared, collaring, collars

• To put a collar on, or to seize someone by the collar.
• take into custody
• seize by the neck or collar
• furnish with a collar
  • "collar the dog"
• To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
• To place a collar on, to fit with one.
• To surround or encircle.
• To seize, capture or detain.
• To steal.
• To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
• To arrest.
• To bind in conversation.
• To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
• To bind (a submissive) to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.

Examples

• a collar of brawn
• A nylon collar kept the bolt from damaging the surface underneath.
• Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
• He tried to COLLAR a good score by finding a bingo, but the letters wouldn’t cooperate.
• I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.
• Make sure your dog has a collar holding an identification tag.

Synonyms

apprehend, apprehension, arrest, catch, choker, cop, dog collar, leash, nab, nail, neckband, pick up, pinch, shoe collar, taking into custody, Bridport dagger, collar, collum, halter, hangman's knot, hangman's noose, hempen collar, hempen cravat

Related Words

accolade

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