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.

• 🇩🇪Ein langer, flexibler und oft greiffähiger Fortsatz am Kopf oder in der Nähe des Mundes bei vielen Tieren, der zum Tasten, Greifen oder Fortbewegen dient; auch metaphorisch für etwas, das seinen Einfluss oder seine Reichweite ausdehnt.

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.

   🇩🇪Tentakel

   Synonyme: 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.

   🇩🇪Einfluss oder Reichweite

   Synonyme: controlgripholdinfluencereachsway

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