ASP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does asp mean? 

• ASP (noun)
  The noun ASP has 2 senses:

1. of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

2. cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

  Familiarity information: ASP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

asp; asp viper; Vipera aspis

Hypernyms ("asp" is a kind of...):

viper (venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw)

Holonyms ("asp" is a member of...):

genus Vipera; Vipera (type genus of the Viperidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

asp; Egyptian cobra; Naja haje

Hypernyms ("asp" is a kind of...):

cobra (venomous Asiatic and African elapid snakes that can expand the skin of the neck into a hood)

Holonyms ("asp" is a member of...):

genus Naja; Naja (cobras)

 Context examples 

The pillow was burning: there is an asp in the garland: the wine has a bitter taste: her promises are hollow—her offers false: I see and know all this.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)