slovo | definícia |
lopsided (encz) | lopsided,nahnutý k jedné straně |
lopsided (encz) | lopsided,nakloněný |
lopsided (encz) | lopsided,nesouměrný |
lopsided (encz) | lopsided,nevyvážený |
Lopsided (gcide) | Lopsided \Lop"sid`ed\, a. [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.]
1. Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure;
as, a lopsided ship. --Marryat.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; having much more on one
side than the other; -- also used metaphorically; as, a
lopsided victory.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Full of idiosyncrasies. --J. S. Mill.
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lopsided (wn) | lopsided
adj 1: having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the
other
2: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous
red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the
British say, skew-whiff" [syn: askew, awry(p),
cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
lopsidedly (encz) | lopsidedly,pokřiveně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
lopsidedness (encz) | lopsidedness, |
Lopsided (gcide) | Lopsided \Lop"sid`ed\, a. [Lop + side. Cf. Lobsided.]
1. Leaning to one side because of some defect of structure;
as, a lopsided ship. --Marryat.
[1913 Webster]
2. Unbalanced; poorly proportioned; having much more on one
side than the other; -- also used metaphorically; as, a
lopsided victory.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. Full of idiosyncrasies. --J. S. Mill.
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lopsided victory (gcide) | lopsided victory \lop"sid`ed victory\, n.
A victory in a contest in which one side defeats the other
overwhelmingly; -- in sports, meaning one side scores much
more than the other; in war, meaning one side has many more
casualties than the other.
[PJC] |
lopsidedly (wn) | lopsidedly
adv 1: in a crooked lopsided manner; "he smiled lopsidedly"
[syn: lopsidedly, crookedly] |
lopsidedness (wn) | lopsidedness
n 1: an oblique or slanting asymmetry [syn: lopsidedness,
skewness] |
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