| slovo | definícia |
voluminous
(encz) | voluminous,objemný |
Voluminous
(gcide) | Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
volumineux.]
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
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(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. --Milton.
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Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
Quincey.
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(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
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(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
of Muratori are voluminous.
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(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
[1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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voluminous
(wn) | voluminous
adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to
steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous,
twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous]
3: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she
took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
[syn: copious, voluminous] |
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voluminous
(encz) | voluminous,objemný |
voluminously
(encz) | voluminously,objemně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
voluminousness
(encz) | voluminousness,objemnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Voluminously
(gcide) | Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
volumineux.]
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
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(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. --Milton.
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Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
Quincey.
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(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
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(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
of Muratori are voluminous.
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(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
[1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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Voluminousness
(gcide) | Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F.
volumineux.]
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically:
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(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
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But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. --Milton.
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Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and
voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De
Quincey.
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(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson.
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(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections
of Muratori are voluminous.
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(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
[1913 Webster] -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. --
Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n.
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voluminous
(wn) | voluminous
adj 1: large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the
mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to
steer the car down a twisty track" [syn: tortuous,
twisting, twisty, winding, voluminous]
3: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she
took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
[syn: copious, voluminous] |
voluminousness
(wn) | voluminousness
n 1: greatness of volume [syn: fullness, voluminosity,
voluminousness] |
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