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odder
(encz) | odder,neobvyklejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Odder
(gcide) | Odd \Odd\ ([o^]d), a. [Compar. Odder ([o^]d"[~e]r); superl.
Oddest.] [OE. odde, fr. Icel. oddi a tongue of land, a
triangle, an odd number (from the third or odd angle, or
point, of a triangle), orig., a point, tip; akin to Icel.
oddr point, point of a weapon, Sw. udda odd, udd point, Dan.
od, AS. ord, OHG. ort, G. ort place (cf. E. point, for change
of meaning).]
1. Not paired with another, or remaining over after a
pairing; without a mate; unmatched; single; as, an odd
shoe; an odd glove.
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2. Not divisible by 2 without a remainder; not capable of
being evenly paired, one unit with another; as, 1, 3, 7,
9, 11, etc., are odd numbers.
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I hope good luck lies in odd numbers. --Shak.
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3. Left over after a definite round number has been taken or
mentioned; indefinitely, but not greatly, exceeding a
specified number; extra.
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Sixteen hundred and odd years after the earth was
made, it was destroyed in a deluge. --T. Burnet.
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There are yet missing of your company
Some few odd lads that you remember not. --Shak.
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4. Remaining over; unconnected; detached; fragmentary; hence,
occasional; inconsiderable; as, odd jobs; odd minutes; odd
trifles.
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5. Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular;
peculiar; unique; strange. "An odd action." --Shak. "An
odd expression." --Thackeray.
Syn: extraordinary; queer.
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The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is,
in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. --Ascham.
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Patients have sometimes coveted odd things.
--Arbuthnot.
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Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man
to make himself master of, who would get a
reputation by critical writings. --Spectator.
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Syn: Quaint; unmatched; singular; unusual; extraordinary;
strange; queer; eccentric; whimsical; fantastical;
droll; comical. See Quaint.
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dodder
(encz) | dodder,chvět se v: Zdeněk Broždodder,třást se v: Zdeněk Brož |
dodderer
(encz) | dodderer, n: |
doddering
(encz) | doddering,sešlý adj: Zdeněk Broždoddering,zesláblý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
doddery
(encz) | doddery, adj: |
fodder
(encz) | fodder,krmení Zdeněk Brožfodder,krmivo Zdeněk Brožfodder,píce n: Zdeněk Brožfodder,střelivo Zdeněk Brožfodder,suché krmivo Zdeněk Brož |
fodder crop
(encz) | fodder crop,pícnina n: Pino |
hot rodder
(encz) | hot rodder, |
hot-rodder
(encz) | hot-rodder,bezohledný řidič n: PetrVhot-rodder,pirát silnic n: PetrV |
odder
(encz) | odder,neobvyklejší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plodder
(encz) | plodder, |
Codder
(gcide) | Codder \Cod"der\, n.
A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] --Johnson.
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Dodder
(gcide) | Dodder \Dod"der\, n. [Cf. Dan. dodder, Sw. dodra, G. dotter.]
(Bot.)
A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical
vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to
some other plant, as to flax, goldenrod, etc., and decaying
at the root, is nourished by the plant that supports it.
[1913 Webster]Dodder \Dod"der\, v. t. & i. [Cf. AS. dyderian to deceive,
delude, and E. didder, dudder.]
To shake, tremble, or totter. "The doddering mast."
--Thomson.
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Doddered
(gcide) | Doddered \Dod"dered\, a.
Shattered; infirm. "A laurel grew, doddered with age."
--Dryden.
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doddering
(gcide) | doddering \doddering\ adj.
1. shaking as from old age.
Syn: doddery, shaking, tottering, tottery.
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2. mentally or physically infirm with age.
Syn: gaga, senile.
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doddery
(gcide) | doddery \doddery\ adj.
same as doddering[1].
Syn: doddering, shaking, tottering, tottery.
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Fodder
(gcide) | Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [See 1st Fother.]
A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly
sold, in England, varying from 191/2 to 24 cwt.; a fother.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), n. [AS. f[=o]dder, f[=o]ddor,
fodder (also sheath case), fr. f[=o]da food; akin to D.
voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. f[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan.
foder. [root]75. See Food and cf. Forage, Fur.]
That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay,
cornstalks, vegetables, etc.
[1913 Webster]Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered
(f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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Foddered
(gcide) | Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered
(f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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Fodderer
(gcide) | Fodderer \Fod"der*er\, n.
One who fodders cattle.
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Foddering
(gcide) | Fodder \Fod"der\ (f[o^]d"d[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foddered
(f[o^]d"d[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Foddering.]
To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.; to
furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.
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Nodder
(gcide) | Nodder \Nod"der\, n.
One who nods; a drowsy person.
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Plodder
(gcide) | Plodder \Plod"der\, n.
One who plods; a drudge.
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Podder
(gcide) | Podder \Pod"der\, n.
One who collects pods or pulse.
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cannon fodder
(wn) | cannon fodder
n 1: soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of
artillery fire [syn: cannon fodder, fodder, {fresh
fish}] |
dodder
(wn) | dodder
n 1: a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta
having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain
nourishment through haustoria
v 1: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle,
coggle, totter, dodder, paddle, waddle] |
dodderer
(wn) | dodderer
n 1: one who dodders from old age and weakness |
doddering
(wn) | doddering
adj 1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was
doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery,
gaga, senile] |
doddery
(wn) | doddery
adj 1: mentally or physically infirm with age; "his mother was
doddering and frail" [syn: doddering, doddery,
gaga, senile] |
fodder
(wn) | fodder
n 1: soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of
artillery fire [syn: cannon fodder, fodder, {fresh
fish}]
2: coarse food (especially for livestock) composed of entire
plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop
v 1: give fodder (to domesticated animals) |
plodder
(wn) | plodder
n 1: someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner [syn:
trudger, plodder, slogger]
2: someone who works slowly and monotonously for long hours
[syn: plodder, slogger]
3: someone who moves slowly; "in England they call a slowpoke a
slowcoach" [syn: plodder, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud,
slowcoach] |
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