Cabbage vs Rifle - What's the difference?
cabbage | rifle |
An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.
(uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.
(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.
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(uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.
(uncountable, slang) Money.
(uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.
The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.
The cabbage palmetto.
To form a head like that of the cabbage.
To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
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, title= A long firearm firing a single projectile, usually with a rifled barrel to improve accuracy.
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, chapter=7 A strip of wood covered with emery or a similar material, used for sharpening scythes.
to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html])
To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
To strike something with great power.
* {{quote-news
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, date=December 28
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To commit robbery.
To strip of goods; to rob; to pillage.
* Shakespeare
To seize and bear away by force; to snatch away; to carry off.
* Alexander Pope
To raffle.
As verbs the difference between cabbage and rifle
is that cabbage is to form a head like that of the cabbage while rifle is .As a noun cabbage
is an edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.cabbage
English
(wikipedia cabbage)Noun
- Cabbage is good for you.
- After the car crash, he became a cabbage .
Synonyms
* (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetableVerb
(cabbag)- Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Synonyms
* (purloin) embezzle, pilfer, purloin, stealSee also
* brassica * broccoflower * broccoli * broccolini * Brussels sprouts * cabbage tree * cauliflower * Chinese cabbage * Chinese broccoli, Chinese kale * collard greens * kale * kohlrabi * sauerkraut * red cabbagerifle
English
(wikipedia rifle)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Still, a dozen men with rifles , and cartridges to match, stayed behind when they filed through a white aldea lying silent amid the cane, and the Sin Verguenza swung into slightly quicker stride.}}
Derived terms
* automatic rifle * rifled slug * riflingVerb
(rifl)- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
citation, page= , passage=Davies's cross was headed away from danger by Robert Huth, only for Baird to take the ball in his stride and rifle his right-footed effort towards the corner from the edge of the box.}}
- (Bishop Hall)
- Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye: / If not, we'll make you sit and rifle you.
- Time shall rifle every youthful grace.