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dingy
(encz) | dingy,špinavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dingy
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Dingy
(gcide) | Dingy \Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]), a. [Compar. Dingier; superl.
Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.]
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
"Scraps of dingy paper." --Macaulay.
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Dingy
(gcide) | Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee
dingi.]
1. a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East
Indies, in sheltered waters. [Written also dinghey.]
--Malcom.
[1913 Webster]
2. a small boat intended to be used as a tender or lifeboat,
carried or towed by a ship. It may be propelled by oars,
sail, or a motor.
[PJC]
3. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats
and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
Syn: dory, rowboat.
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dingy
(wn) | dingy
adj 1: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby
little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed,
dingy, grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]
2: (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear;
"dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy)
white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors";
"dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair" [syn: dirty,
dingy, muddied, muddy]
3: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue,
dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
sorry, drab, drear, dreary] |
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Dingy
(gcide) | Dingy \Din"gy\ (d[i^]n"j[y^]), a. [Compar. Dingier; superl.
Dingiest.] [Prob. fr. dung. Cf. Dungy.]
Soiled; sullied; of a dark or dusky color; dark brown; dirty.
"Scraps of dingy paper." --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]Dingey \Din"gey\, Dingy \Din"gy\, Dinghy \Din"ghy\, n. [Bengalee
dingi.]
1. a small boat propelled by oars or sails, used in the East
Indies, in sheltered waters. [Written also dinghey.]
--Malcom.
[1913 Webster]
2. a small boat intended to be used as a tender or lifeboat,
carried or towed by a ship. It may be propelled by oars,
sail, or a motor.
[PJC]
3. a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats
and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled.
Syn: dory, rowboat.
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