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linger
(encz) | linger,otálet v: Zdeněk Brož |
linger
(encz) | linger,povalovat se v: Huge |
linger
(encz) | linger,prodlévat v: Zdeněk Brož |
linger
(encz) | linger,přetrvávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
linger
(encz) | linger,setrvávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
linger
(encz) | linger,váhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Linger
(gcide) | Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
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Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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Linger
(gcide) | Linger \Lin"ger\, v. t.
1. To protract; to draw out. [Obs.]
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She lingers my desires. --Shak.
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2. To spend or pass in a lingering manner; -- with out; as,
to linger out one's days on a sick bed. --Dryden.
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linger
(wn) | linger
v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her
perfume lingered on"
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
4: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle]
[ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along,
hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush,
rush along, speed, step on it]
5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
[syn: hover, linger] |
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clinger
(encz) | clinger, |
gunslinger
(encz) | gunslinger,pistolník n: Zdeněk Brož |
linger
(encz) | linger,otálet v: Zdeněk Brožlinger,povalovat se v: Hugelinger,prodlévat v: Zdeněk Brožlinger,přetrvávat v: Zdeněk Brožlinger,setrvávat v: Zdeněk Brožlinger,váhat v: Zdeněk Brož |
linger over
(encz) | linger over, v: |
lingered
(encz) | lingered,dožíval Jaroslav Šedivý |
lingerer
(encz) | lingerer,loudal n: Zdeněk Brož |
lingerie
(encz) | lingerie,dámské prádlo lingerie,prádélko n: Zdeněk Brožlingerie,prádlo Zdeněk Brož |
lingering
(encz) | lingering,přetrvávání n: Zdeněk Brožlingering,vleklý adj: web |
lingeringly
(encz) | lingeringly,loudavě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
malinger
(encz) | malinger,simulovat nemoc Zdeněk Brož |
malingerer
(encz) | malingerer,simulant n: Zdeněk Brož |
malingering
(encz) | malingering, n: |
mudslinger
(encz) | mudslinger,pomlouvač n: Zdeněk Brož |
salinger
(encz) | Salinger, Salinger, J. D.,americký spisovatel 20. stol. Martin Dvořák |
slinger
(encz) | slinger, n: |
slinger ring
(encz) | slinger ring, n: |
Figure flinger
(gcide) | Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See Feign.]
1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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Flowers have all exquisite figures. --Bacon.
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2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
a figure cut in marble.
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A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
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3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
pretty figure.
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4. (Geom.) A diagram or drawing, made to represent a
magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a
surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called
superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
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5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
of a person; as, a sorry figure.
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I made some figure there. --Dryden.
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Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
--Blackstone.
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6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
representation; splendor; show.
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That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
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7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
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8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
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With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
figure. --Thackeray.
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9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
a type or representative.
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Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
14.
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10. (Rhet.) A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas
by words which suggest pictures or images from the
physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any
deviation from the plainest form of statement. Also
called a figure of speech.
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To represent the imagination under the figure of a
wing. --Macaulay.
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11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
relative position of the middle term.
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12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
movements made by a dancer.
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13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
astrological houses. --Johnson.
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14. (Music)
(a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
a group of chords, which produce a single complete
and distinct impression. --Grove.
(b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
florid embellishment.
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Note: Figures are often written upon the staff in music to
denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the
form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many
notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained
in one measure or bar. Thus, 2/4 signifies that the
measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
the principal figures used for this purpose: --
2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
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Academy figure, Canceled figures, Lay figure, etc. See
under Academy, Cancel, Lay, etc.
Figure caster, or Figure flinger, an astrologer. "This
figure caster." --Milton.
Figure flinging, the practice of astrology.
Figure-of-eight knot, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under Knot.
Figure painting, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.
Figure stone (Min.), agalmatolite.
Figure weaving, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.
To cut a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.
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Flinger
(gcide) | Flinger \Fling"er\, n.
One who flings; one who jeers.
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Lingered
(gcide) | Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
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Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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Lingerer
(gcide) | Lingerer \Lin"ger*er\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r*[~e]r), n.
One who lingers. --Guardian.
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Lingerie
(gcide) | Lingerie \Lin`ge*rie"\ (l[a^]N`zhe`r[-e]"), n. [F.]
Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes,
esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its
lace, etc., worn by a women.
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Lingering
(gcide) | Lingering \Lin"ger*ing\, a.
1. Delaying.
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2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a
lingering disease.
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To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering
anguish is generally his folly. --Rambler.
[1913 Webster]Linger \Lin"ger\ (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Lingered (l[i^][ng]"g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Lingering.]
[OE. lengen to tarry, AS. lengan to prolong, put off, fr.
lang long. [root]125. See Long, a.]
To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or
reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be
in suspense; to hesitate.
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Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind. --Gray.
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Perhaps thou linger'st, in deep thoughts detained.
--Milton.
Syn: To loiter; lag; saunter; delay; tarry; stop; hesitate.
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Lingeringly
(gcide) | Lingeringly \Lin"ger*ing*ly\, adv.
With delay; slowly; tediously.
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Malinger
(gcide) | Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Malingering.]
To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
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MAlingered
(gcide) | Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Malingering.]
To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
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Malingerer
(gcide) | Malingerer \Ma*lin"ger*er\, n. [F. malingre sickly, weakly,
prob. from mal ill + OF. heingre, haingre, thin, lean,
infirm, fr. L. aeger.]
In the army, a soldier who feigns himself sick, or who
induces or protracts an illness, in order to avoid doing his
duty; hence, in general, one who shirks his duty by
pretending illness or inability.
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Malingering
(gcide) | Malinger \Ma*lin"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. MAlingered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Malingering.]
To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or
inability.
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Malingery
(gcide) | Malingery \Ma*lin"ger*y\, n.
The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
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Overlinger
(gcide) | Overlinger \O"ver*lin"ger\, v. t.
To cause to linger; to detain too long. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Slinger
(gcide) | Slinger \Sling"er\, n.
One who slings, or uses a sling.
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slinger ring
(gcide) | slinger ring \slinger ring\ n.
tubular ring around the propeller hub of an airplane through
which antifreeze solution is spread over the blades. [WordNet
1.5] |
Unlingering
(gcide) | Unlingering \Unlingering\
See lingering. |
gunslinger
(wn) | gunslinger
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter] |
j. d. salinger
(wn) | J. D. Salinger
n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, {J. D.
Salinger}, Jerome David Salinger] |
jerome david salinger
(wn) | Jerome David Salinger
n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, {J. D.
Salinger}, Jerome David Salinger] |
linger
(wn) | linger
v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her
perfume lingered on"
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
4: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle]
[ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along,
hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush,
rush along, speed, step on it]
5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
[syn: hover, linger] |
linger over
(wn) | linger over
v 1: delay [syn: dwell on, linger over] |
lingerer
(wn) | lingerer
n 1: someone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place [syn:
loiterer, lingerer] |
lingerie
(wn) | lingerie
n 1: women's underwear and nightclothes [syn: lingerie,
intimate apparel] |
lingering
(wn) | lingering
n 1: the act of tarrying [syn: tarriance, lingering] |
lingeringly
(wn) | lingeringly
adv 1: in a slow, leisurely or prolonged way; "her voice was
swift, yet ever the last words fell lingeringly"
-Rossetti [syn: lingeringly, protractedly] |
malinger
(wn) | malinger
v 1: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to
be ill [syn: malinger, skulk] |
malingerer
(wn) | malingerer
n 1: someone shirking their duty by feigning illness or
incapacity [syn: malingerer, skulker, shammer] |
malingering
(wn) | malingering
n 1: evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated;
"they developed a test to detect malingering" [syn:
malingering, skulking] |
mudslinger
(wn) | mudslinger
n 1: one who spreads real or alleged scandal about another
(usually for political advantage) [syn: muckraker,
mudslinger] |
salinger
(wn) | Salinger
n 1: United States writer (born 1919) [syn: Salinger, {J. D.
Salinger}, Jerome David Salinger] |
slinger
(wn) | slinger
n 1: a person who uses a sling to throw something |
slinger ring
(wn) | slinger ring
n 1: dispenser consisting of a tubular ring around the propeller
hub of an airplane through which antifreeze solution is
spread over the blades |
zollinger-ellison syndrome
(wn) | Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
n 1: syndrome consisting of intractable peptic ulceration with
gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity |
rectangle slinger
(foldoc) | polygon pusher
rectangle slinger
(Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of
his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires
drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
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rectangle slinger
(jargon) | rectangle slinger
n.
See polygon pusher.
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