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hobby
(mass) | hobby
- záľuba |
hobby
(encz) | hobby,koníček n: luno |
hobby
(encz) | hobby,ostříž lesní n: Radim Ševčík |
hobby
(encz) | hobby,záliba n: luno |
Hobby
(gcide) | Hobby \Hob"by\, n.; pl. Hobbies. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe,
hob['e], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober
to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zool.)
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo),
formerly trained for hawking. Hobby |
Hobby
(gcide) | Hobby \Hob"by\, Hobbyhorse \Hob"by*horse`\, n. [OE. hobin a nag,
OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or
Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh.
akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have
been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. --Johnson.
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2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on
which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form
hobbyhorse.]
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3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting
off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse,
thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention
unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
[Usually under the form hobby.]
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Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the
phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay.
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hobby
(wn) | hobby
n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line,
hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted
on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [syn:
hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse]
3: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small
birds [syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
hobbyhorse
(encz) | hobbyhorse, n: |
hobbyist
(encz) | hobbyist,nadšenec n: Zdeněk Brož |
mít stejné hobby
(czen) | mít stejné hobby,bitten by the same bug Zdeněk Brož |
Hobby
(gcide) | Hobby \Hob"by\, n.; pl. Hobbies. [OE. hobi; cf. OF. hobe,
hob['e], F. hobereau a hobby, a species of falcon. OF. hober
to move, stir. Cf. Hobby a horse.] (Zool.)
A small, strong-winged European falcon (Falco subbuteo),
formerly trained for hawking. HobbyHobby \Hob"by\, Hobbyhorse \Hob"by*horse`\, n. [OE. hobin a nag,
OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or
Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh.
akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have
been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. --Johnson.
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2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on
which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form
hobbyhorse.]
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3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting
off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse,
thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention
unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
[Usually under the form hobby.]
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Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the
phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay.
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Hobbyhorse
(gcide) | Hobby \Hob"by\, Hobbyhorse \Hob"by*horse`\, n. [OE. hobin a nag,
OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or
Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh.
akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have
been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. --Johnson.
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2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on
which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form
hobbyhorse.]
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3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting
off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse,
thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention
unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
[Usually under the form hobby.]
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Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the
phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay.
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hobbyhorse
(gcide) | Hobby \Hob"by\, Hobbyhorse \Hob"by*horse`\, n. [OE. hobin a nag,
OF. hobin hobby; cf. hober to stir, move; prob. of German or
Scand. origin; cf. Dan. hoppe a mare, dial. Sw. hoppa; perh.
akin to E. hop to jump.]
1. A strong, active horse, of a middle size, said to have
been originally from Ireland; an ambling nag. --Johnson.
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2. A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on
which boys make believe to ride. [ Usually under the form
hobbyhorse.]
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3. A subject or plan upon which one is constantly setting
off; a favorite and ever-recurring theme of discourse,
thought, or effort; that which occupies one's attention
unduly, or to the weariness of others; a ruling passion.
[Usually under the form hobby.]
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Not one of them has any hobbyhorse, to use the
phrase of Sterne. --Macaulay.
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Hobbyhorsical
(gcide) | Hobbyhorsical \Hob`by*hors"ic*al\, n.
Pertaining to, or having, a hobby or whim; eccentric;
whimsical.[Colloq.] --Sterne.
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To ride a hobby
(gcide) | Ride \Ride\, v. t.
1. To sit on, so as to be carried; as, to ride a horse; to
ride a bicycle.
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[They] rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the
air
In whirlwind. --Milton.
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2. To manage insolently at will; to domineer over.
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The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by
bakers, cobblers, and brewers. --Swift.
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3. To convey, as by riding; to make or do by riding.
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Tue only men that safe can ride
Mine errands on the Scottish side. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. (Surg.) To overlap (each other); -- said of bones or
fractured fragments.
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To ride a hobby, to have some favorite occupation or
subject of talk.
To ride and tie, to take turn with another in labor and
rest; -- from the expedient adopted by two persons with
one horse, one of whom rides the animal a certain
distance, and then ties him for the use of the other, who
is coming up on foot. --Fielding.
To ride down.
(a) To ride over; to trample down in riding; to overthrow
by riding against; as, to ride down an enemy.
(b) (Naut.) To bear down, as on a halyard when hoisting a
sail.
To ride out (Naut.), to keep safe afloat during (a storm)
while riding at anchor or when hove to on the open sea;
as, to ride out the gale.
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hobbyhorse
(wn) | hobbyhorse
n 1: a topic to which one constantly reverts; "don't get him
started on his hobbyhorse"
2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted
on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [syn:
hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse] |
hobbyism
(wn) | hobbyism
n 1: a devotion to hobbies |
hobbyist
(wn) | hobbyist
n 1: a person who pursues an activity in their spare time for
pleasure |
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