| slovo | definícia |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,obnošený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,opotřebovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,ošoupaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,ošuntělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Threadbare
(gcide) | Threadbare \Thread"bare`\, a.
1. Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off;
threadbare clothes. "A threadbare cope." --Chaucer.
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2. Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and
threadbare quotations. --Swift.
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threadbare
(wn) | threadbare
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
2: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
"threadbare rugs" |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
threadbare
(encz) | threadbare,obnošený adj: Zdeněk Brožthreadbare,opotřebovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožthreadbare,ošoupaný adj: Zdeněk Brožthreadbare,ošuntělý adj: Zdeněk Brožthreadbare,otřepaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Threadbareness
(gcide) | Threadbareness \Thread"bare`ness\, n.
The state of being threadbare.
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threadbare
(wn) | threadbare
adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
2: having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
"threadbare rugs" |
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