(n.) A name given to several species of flounders, esp. to the European species, Pleuronectes limanda. The American rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.
(v. i.) To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.
(v. i.) To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
(n.) A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.
(n.) A small mass of anything soft or moist.
Example Sentences:
(1) The dynamic changes of fibronectin (FN) content and nuclear features (DNA content, morphological parameters) during the development of hepatoma induced by 3'-Me-DAB were studied via computer-assisted image analysis.
(2) But DAB radio, the likely broadcast replacement for analogue AM and FM in the digital-only age, saw its share of listening drop, to 15.3% from 15.8% in the second quarter of 2010.
(3) Thus it is clear that DAB induced hepatoma exhibits retrogressive change in hepatic differentiation in its isozyme profile.
(4) The number of DAB positive organelles per surface area decreased steadily with culture age, and significantly on day 2 (p less than 0.01) to become drastically low on day 5 and negligible on day 7.
(6) The lecithins of the primary hepatoma induced by 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (DAB) and host liver of rat were isolated, and the individual molecular species were estimated quantitatively by combined thin-layer and gaschromatographic analysis and specific enzymic hydrolysis.
(7) This is unlike DAB-1 and DAB-2 which showed poorly differentiated trabecular or anaplastic carcinomatous patterns.
(8) Oral administration of 1,2-DEB (75 or 100 mg kg-1 once a day, 4 days a week, for 8 weeks) and intraperitoneal injection of 1,2-DAB (10 or 15 mg kg-1 once a day, 4 days a week, for 8 weeks) produced time- and dose-dependent increases in the peak latencies of all BAEP components as well as in interpeak (I-V) differences, and a decrease in the amplitudes of all the components.
(9) Regional stations and AM services would be upgraded to quasi-national networks, provided they are available to at least 65% of the UK population on digital audio broadcasting (DAB) radio, and commit to broadcasting to the whole of the UK by 2015.
(10) You can buy this from Dabs for £30.96 , plus 99p P&P if you opt for standard delivery.
(11) We selected retrospectively 18 rejectors and 18 nonrejectors by clinical criteria and assayed for anti-Dab (by fluorescence-activated flow cytometry) and CMV antibody (by complement fixation and Western blot for IgG and IgM) over a 3-6-month period after transplantation.
(12) The inner and outer hair cells are degenerating between 12 and 24 DAB and are gone by 45 DAB.
(13) It was one of the fake tongue extensions from The Exorcist, with a note saying, 'Just stick a dab of peanut butter on the end and put it on.'
(14) The use of H2PtCl6 is proposed for the selective visualization of the poly-DAB reaction product created, in aldehyde-fixed tissue, with the cytochemical reaction according to Graham and Karnovsky (1966) or to Hoefsmit (1975).
(15) The roles of gonads in tumorigenesis induced in mouse liver by 3'-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene (3'-Me-DAB) were investigated.
(16) But this is the first year it will be offering non-stop, round-the-clock coverage on one service, in a move aimed at trying to boost the profile of digital audio broadcasting – DAB.
(17) A chromophoric hydrazide, 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl hydrazide (DABS-hydrazide), was prepared from 4'-N,N-dimethylamino-4-azobenzene sulfonyl chloride by reaction with hydrazine.
(18) It is concluded that DAB is oxidized in the rice coleoptile tissue by a cytochrome system, and the development of this system is inhibited by anaerobiosis, but the oxidation cannot be claimed to represent cytochrome oxidase activity exclusively.
(19) In our experimental studies, LDH4 increased in AH 66 F metastatic hepatic cancer, but DAB hepatic cancer showed a significant increase of LDH5.
(20) The best result was obtained using nickel-modified DAB at pH 6.0 to develop the peroxidase enzyme, with further enhancement in cobalt chloride at neutral pH.
Jab
Definition:
(v. t.) To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
(n.) A thrust or stab.
Example Sentences:
(1) When you’ve got a man with a longer jab, you can’t throw single shots.
(2) I haven't had the swine flu jab yet because I'm not in a risk group; but as soon as I can get it, I will.
(3) Simultaneous determination of antigliadin (AGA) and antiendomysium (EMA) levels, and gliadin and tissue absorption studies, showed that JAB and AGA are different, whereas JAB and EMA are probably identical.
(4) The peculiar, sharp, jabbing pain, which has been rarely reported at the onset of intracranial hemorrhage, was followed by acute elevation of blood pressure, arrhythmia, cardiac and respiratory arrests.
(5) From 2008 girls aged 12 and 13 have been offered jabs to protect themselves again the human papilloma virus , which causes most cases of cervical cancer.
(6) And while he got in a few jabs at Jeb Bush and rolled his eyes at the obligatory protesters who shouted “we loved veterans, Trump loves war,” it didn’t have the trademark fireworks of a Trump rally.
(7) Inviting him on while feinting and flicking out the jab.
(8) The government's advisers on vaccination are considering whether to recommend the move after health secretary Andrew Lansley asked them to investigate whether protection against flu should be offered to groups other than those who already get a free jab because they are defined as at-risk from the virus.
(9) Then Murray goes on the front foot, jabbing away a volley to make it 40-15, but Federer then wrong-foots his foe with a feathery forehand at the net to hold.
(10) Come the bell, the upstart nervelessly played it cool, almost a laughingly gay matador, his speed of hand and foot totally nullifying Liston’s wicked jab, the key to his armoury.
(11) she cried, jabbing the sculpture with a pole until it crumpled.
(12) At the Meadow Inn hotel, these statistics are embodied in a depressing tableau of punters slouched on stools, jabbing at flashing buttons.
(13) Body work is becoming my signature,” said Jack, whose output included 52 power punches and 26 jabs to the body.
(14) Tillerson’s counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, tweeted back a jab about the shadow of the Russia investigations hanging over the Trump presidency: “For their own sake, US officials should worry more about saving their own regime than changing Iran’s, where 75% of people just voted.” There is growing concern among US allies in Europe that the Trump administration has struck a posture towards Iran before deciding on a strategy for addressing its influence in the region, and anxiety that such posturing could become louder and more dangerous as Trump feels hemmed in by investigations into his campaign’s Russia links.
(15) In the pre-bout publicity, Field jabs: “A major aim of the work and pensions committee representatives will be to test how adequately both organisations have carried out their duties to help protect members’ pensions under the existing law, whether the existing law is inadequate and, if so, how should it be strengthened, or whether existing powers are adequate but were not fully exercised.” Seconds out.
(16) Otamendi has a habit of diving into challenges and Guardiola even gave his player a little jab in the ribs.
(17) However, he praised the former secretary of state’s support for the Iran deal and took a jab at Republican candidate and high school classmate Jeb Bush for drinking “neo-con kool aid” in saying on Thursday that removing Saddam Hussein from power was “a good deal”.
(18) Except for the night he cold-cocked Victor Ortiz, Mayweather has never been a committed one-shot closer (although Ricky Hatton might disagree), preferring attritional pain, and Alvarez seemed prepared to soak up the string of jabs in the eighth that lengthened the American's lead to uncatchable – except by knockout.
(19) Founded in the 1990s by Jimmy Choo, a Malaysian bespoke shoemaker, and the British designer Tamara Mellon, the firm went through the hands of several private equity firms before JAB bought the brand for more than £500m in 2011.
(20) The children, aged about 10 years old, had been given the first MMR jab but not all had the booster.