the part of an animal which connects the head and the trunk, and which, in man and many other animals, is more slender than the trunk.-any part of an inanimate object corresponding to or resembling the neck of an animal-the long slender part of a vessel, as a retort, or of a fruit, as a gourd.-a long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.-that part of a violin, guitar, or similar instrument, which extends from the head to the body, and on which is the finger board or fret board.-a reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it; as, a neck forming the journal of a shaft.-the point where the base of the stem of a plant arises from the root.-to reduce the diameter of (an object) near its end, by making a groove around it; -- used with down; as, to neck down a shaft.-to kiss and caress amorously.