Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the family Labridae, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are ...

(transitive) To make tough. / (intransitive) To become tough.

(transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. / (transitive) To arrange in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).

(obsolete or dialectal) A shovel. / (obsolete or dialectal) A spade.