tentacle

A noun referring to a long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or locomotion; also used metaphorically to describe something that extends its influence or grasp.

• 🌐اسم يشير إلى عضو طويل ومرن وغالبًا ما يكون قابضًا يوجد في الرأس أو قرب الفم لدى كثير من الحيوانات، ويُستخدم للمس أو الإمساك أو الحركة؛ كما يُستعمل مجازيًا للدلالة على شيء يبسط نفوذه أو سيطرته.

1. Animal appendage B1 formal

   A long, flexible, and often prehensile organ found on the head or near the mouth of many animals, used for feeling, grasping, or moving.

   • The octopus uses its tentacles to capture prey.
   • Jellyfish tentacles can deliver a painful sting.
   • The squid's tentacles are lined with powerful suckers.

   🌐مجس

   المرادفات: armbarbelfeeler

2. Influence or reach B2 informal

   Something that extends its influence or control, often in a pervasive or grasping manner.

   • The corporation's tentacles reach into every corner of the industry.
   • The political party extended its tentacles into local government.
   • The criminal organization's tentacles spread across multiple countries.

   🌐النفوذ أو الامتداد

   المرادفات: controlgripholdinfluencereachsway

• tentacles plural form
• tentacles' possessive plural form
• tentacle's possessive singular form