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noun/ˈædɚ/
  1. 1

    Any snake.obsolete

    • CALIBAN: His spirits hear me, / And yet I needs must curse. But they'll nor pinch / Fright me with urchin-shows, pitch me i'th' mire, / Nor lead me like a firebrand in the dark / Out of my way, unless he bid 'em; but / For every trifle are
  2. 2

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; A small venomous serpent of the genus ViperaUK

    • Entirely filled with the image of another, her heart, indeed, had the deaf ear of the adder, which heedeth not the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.
    • These include the county's [Cumbria's] only venomous snake - the adder - which relies on exposed elements to successfully breed its young.
  3. 3

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; A small venomous serpent of the genus ViperaUK

  4. 4

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; A puff adder, of Africa (genus Bitis).

  5. 5

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling addersCanadaUS

  6. 6

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; Any of several small nonvenomous snakes resembling addersCanadaUS

  7. 7

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders

  8. 8

    A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling a viper.; Certain venomous snakes resembling other adders

  9. 9

    A sea stickleback or adder fish (Spinachia spinachia).

noun/ˈædɚ/
  1. 1

    Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers.

  2. 2

    An electronic device that adds voltages, currents or frequencies.

  3. 3

    Something which adds or increases.

    • They sought out cost adders with an eye toward eliminating them.

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