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slovo definícia fable (mass) fable - povesť fable (encz) fable,báje Zdeněk Brož fable (encz) fable,bájit v: Zdeněk Brož fable (encz) fable,bajka fable (encz) fable,mýtus Zdeněk Brož fable (encz) fable,pověst Zdeněk Brož fable (encz) fable,výmysl Fable (gcide) Fable \Fa"ble\ (f[=a]"b'l), n. [F., fr. L. fabula, fr. fari to speak, say. See Ban, and cf. Fabulous, Fame.] 1. A Feigned story or tale, intended to instruct or amuse; a fictitious narration intended to enforce some useful truth or precept; an apologue. See the Note under Apologue. [1913 Webster] Jotham's fable of the trees is the oldest extant. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Note: A fable may have talking animals anthropomorphically cast as humans representing different character types, sometimes illustrating some moral principle; as, Aesop's Fables. [PJC] 2. The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem. [1913 Webster] The moral is the first business of the poet; this being formed, he contrives such a design or fable as may be most suitable to the moral. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk. "Old wives' fables. " --1 Tim. iv. 7. [1913 Webster] We grew The fable of the city where we dwelt. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 4. Fiction; untruth; falsehood. [1913 Webster] It would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives away a great fortune by secret methods. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Fable (gcide) Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling.] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. --Prior. [1913 Webster] He fables, yet speaks truth. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Fable (gcide) Fable \Fa"ble\, v. t. To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely. [1913 Webster] The hell thou fablest. --Milton. [1913 Webster] fable (wn) fable n 1: a deliberately false or improbable account [syn: fabrication, fiction, fable] 2: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn: fable, parable, allegory, apologue] 3: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events [syn: legend, fable]

podobné slovo definícia fable (mass) fable - povesť affable (encz) affable,přátelský adj: Zdeněk Brožaffable,přívětivý adj: Zdeněk Brožaffable,vlídný adj: Zdeněk Brož affableness (encz) affableness,vlídnost n: Zdeněk Brož fable (encz) fable,báje Zdeněk Brožfable,bájit v: Zdeněk Brožfable,bajka fable,mýtus Zdeněk Brožfable,pověst Zdeněk Brožfable,výmysl fabled (encz) fabled,legendární adj: Zdeněk Brožfabled,proslulý adj: Zdeněk Brož ineffable (encz) ineffable,nevýslovný adj: Zdeněk Brož Affable (gcide) Affable \Af"fa*ble\, a. [F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad + fari to speak. See Fable.] 1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. [1913 Webster] An affable and courteous gentleman. --Shak. [1913 Webster] His manners polite and affable. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Gracious; mild; benign. [1913 Webster] A serene and affable countenance. --Tatler. [1913 Webster] Syn: Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending. [1913 Webster] Affableness (gcide) Affableness \Af"fa*ble*ness\, n. Affability. [1913 Webster] Aphis fable (gcide) dolphin \dol"phin\ (d[o^]l"f[i^]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin, dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses 1, 2, 3, & 6), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb, Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. Dauphin, Delphine.] 1. (Zool.) A cetacean of the genus Delphinus and allied genera (esp. Delphinus delphis); the true dolphin. [1913 Webster] Note: The dolphin of the ancients (Delphinus delphis) is common in the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of from six to eight feet. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The Coryph[ae]na hippuris, a fish of about five feet in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the dolphin. The term is also applied to the related Coryphaena equisetis. Called also dolphinfish and (especially in Hawaii) mahimahi. See also dolphinfish and Coryph[ae]noid. Syn: dolphinfish, mahimahi. [1913 Webster +PJC] 3. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck of an enemy's vessel. [1913 Webster] 4. (Naut.) (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage. (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H. Dana. (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach. (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster] 5. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the trunnions by which a cannon was lifted. [1913 Webster] 6. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2. [1913 Webster] Dolphin fly (Zool.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis (Aphis fable), destructive to beans. Dolphin striker (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the bowsprit. [1913 Webster] Effable (gcide) Effable \Ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. effabilis; ex out + fari to speak.] Capable of being uttered or explained; utterable. --Barrow. [1913 Webster] Fabled (gcide) Fable \Fa"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fabled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fabling.] To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is not true. "He Fables not." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Vain now the tales which fabling poets tell. --Prior. [1913 Webster] He fables, yet speaks truth. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Fabler (gcide) Fabler \Fa"bler\ (f[=a]"bl[~e]r), n. A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] Inaffable (gcide) Inaffable \In*af"fa*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + affable.] Not affable; reserved in social intercourse. [1913 Webster] Ineffable (gcide) Ineffable \In*ef"fa*ble\, a. [L. ineffabilis: cf. F. ineffable. See In- not, and Effable, Fame.] Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven. [1913 Webster] Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. --Beattie. [1913 Webster] Ineffableness (gcide) Ineffableness \In*ef"fa*ble*ness\, n. The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness. [1913 Webster] Mischiefable (gcide) Mischiefable \Mis"chief*a*ble\, a. Mischievous. [R.] --Lydgate. [1913 Webster] Semifable (gcide) Semifable \Sem"i*fa`ble\, n. That which is part fable and part truth; a mixture of truth and fable. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] Unaffable (gcide) Unaffable \Unaffable\ See affable. Unfabled (gcide) Unfabled \Unfabled\ See fabled.