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owning
(encz) | owning,vlastnící adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Owning
(gcide) | Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Owning.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
own, a. See Own, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
house.
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browning
(encz) | browning,hnědnutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
clowning
(encz) | clowning,šaškování n: Zdeněk Brož |
crowning
(encz) | crowning,dokonalý adj: Zdeněk Brožcrowning,korunuje Zdeněk Brožcrowning,vrcholný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disowning
(encz) | disowning, n: |
downing
(encz) | downing,skolení n: Zdeněk Broždowning,spořádání n: Zdeněk Broždowning,sražení n: Zdeněk Broždowning,vyprázdnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
drowning
(encz) | drowning,tonoucí adj: Zdeněk Broždrowning,utonutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
frowning
(encz) | frowning,mračící se Jaroslav Šedivýfrowning,zamračený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
frowningly
(encz) | frowningly,zamračeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
landowning
(encz) | landowning, |
property-owning
(encz) | property-owning, adj: |
Browning
(gcide) | Brown \Brown\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Browned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Browning.]
1. To make brown or dusky.
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A trembling twilight o'er welkin moves,
Browns the dim void and darkens deep the groves.
--Barlow.
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2. To make brown by scorching slightly; as, to brown meat or
flour.
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3. To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by
forming a thin coat of oxide on their surface. --Ure.
[1913 Webster]Browning \Brown"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun
barrels, etc.
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2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the
second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of
plaster.
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Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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clowning
(gcide) | clowning \clowning\ n.
1. acting like a clown or buffoon.
Syn: buffoonery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank.
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2. a comic incident or series of incidents.
Syn: drollery, comedy, funniness.
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Colt-Browning pistol
(gcide) | Colt pistol \Colt pistol\ (Firearms)
A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable
magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil
extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads
ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol,
Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic.
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Crowning
(gcide) | Crown \Crown\ (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned (kround);
p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien,
crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr.
corona a crown. See Crown, n.]
1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to
invest with royal dignity and power.
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Her who fairest does appear,
Crown her queen of all the year. --Dryden.
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Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor." --Shak.
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2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or
recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
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Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor.
--Ps. viii. 5.
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3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to
consummate; to perfect.
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Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill.
--Byron.
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One day shall crown the alliance. --Shak.
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To crown the whole, came a proposition. --Motley.
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4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher
at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine
pulley.
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5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the
glacis, or the summit of the breach.
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To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands
over and under each other.
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Discrowning
(gcide) | Discrown \Dis*crown"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discrowned; p. pr.
& vb. n. Discrowning.]
To deprive of a crown.
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The end had crowned the work; it not unreasonably
discrowned the workman. --Motley.
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disowning
(gcide) | disowning \disowning\ n.
the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's
own.
Syn: disownment.
[WordNet 1.5]Disown \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Disowning.]
1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self
personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an
author will sometimes disown his writings.
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2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
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Then they, who brother's better claim disown,
Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce;
disallow.
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Disowning
(gcide) | disowning \disowning\ n.
the refusal to acknowledge (something or somebody) as one's
own.
Syn: disownment.
[WordNet 1.5]Disown \Dis*own"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disowned; p. pr. & vb.
n. Disowning.]
1. To refuse to own or acknowledge as belonging to one's
self; to disavow or deny, as connected with one's self
personally; as, a parent can hardly disown his child; an
author will sometimes disown his writings.
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2. To refuse to acknowledge or allow; to deny.
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Then they, who brother's better claim disown,
Expel their parents, and usurp the throne. --Dryden.
Syn: To disavow; disclaim; deny; abnegate; renounce;
disallow.
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Downing
(gcide) | Down \Down\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Downed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Downing.]
To cause to go down; to make descend; to put down; to
overthrow, as in wrestling; hence, to subdue; to bring down.
[Archaic or Colloq.] "To down proud hearts." --Sir P. Sidney.
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I remember how you downed Beauclerk and Hamilton, the
wits, once at our house. --Madame
D'Arblay.
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Drowning
(gcide) | Drown \Drown\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drowned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Drowning.] [OE. drunen, drounen, earlier drunknen,
druncnien, AS. druncnian to be drowned, sink, become drunk,
fr. druncen drunken. See Drunken, Drink.]
To be suffocated in water or other fluid; to perish in water.
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Methought, what pain it was to drown. --Shak.
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Frowning
(gcide) | Frown \Frown\ (froun), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frowned (fround);
p. pr. & vb. n. Frowning.] [OF. froignier, F. frogner, in
se refrogner, se renfrogner, to knit the brow, to frown;
perh. of Teutonic origin; cf. It. in frigno wrinkled,
frowning, Prov. It. frignare to cringe the face, to make a
wry face, dial. Sw. fryna to make a wry face,]
1. To contract the brow in displeasure, severity, or
sternness; to scowl; to put on a stern, grim, or surly
look.
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The frowning wrinkle of her brow. --Shak.
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2. To manifest displeasure or disapprobation; to look with
disfavor or threateningly; to lower; as, polite society
frowns upon rudeness.
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The sky doth frown and lower upon our army. --Shak.
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Frowningly
(gcide) | Frowningly \Frown"ing*ly\, adv.
In a frowning manner.
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Landowning
(gcide) | Landowning \Land"own`ing\, n.
The owning of land. -- a. Having property in land; of or
pertaining to landowners.
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Owning
(gcide) | Own \Own\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Owned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Owning.] [OE. ohnien, ahnien, AS. [=a]gnian, fr. [=a]gen
own, a. See Own, a.]
To hold as property; to have a legal or rightful title to; to
be the proprietor or possessor of; to possess; as, to own a
house.
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andrew jackson downing
(wn) | Andrew Jackson Downing
n 1: United States landscape architect who designed the grounds
of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
[syn: Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing] |
browning
(wn) | Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning]
2: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning noted
for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn: Browning,
Robert Browning]
3: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her
husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning]
4: cooking to a brown crispiness over a fire or on a grill;
"proper toasting should brown both sides of a piece of bread"
[syn: toasting, browning] |
browning automatic rifle
(wn) | Browning automatic rifle
n 1: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas
pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by
United States troops in World War I and in World War II and
in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR] |
browning machine gun
(wn) | Browning machine gun
n 1: a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500
rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World
War II and the Korean War [syn: Browning machine gun,
Peacemaker] |
clowning
(wn) | clowning
n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: drollery,
clowning, comedy, funniness] |
crowning
(wn) | crowning
adj 1: representing a level of the highest possible achievement
or attainment; "the crowning accomplishment of his
career"
2: forming or providing a crown or summit; "the crowning star on
a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory" |
disowning
(wn) | disowning
n 1: refusal to acknowledge as one's own [syn: disownment,
disowning] |
downing
(wn) | Downing
n 1: United States landscape architect who designed the grounds
of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852)
[syn: Downing, Andrew Jackson Downing] |
downing street
(wn) | Downing Street
n 1: a street of Westminster in London; "the Prime Minister
lives at No. 10 Downing Street"
2: the British government |
elizabeth barrett browning
(wn) | Elizabeth Barrett Browning
n 1: English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to
her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861) [syn: Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning] |
frowning
(wn) | frowning
adj 1: showing displeasure or anger |
frowningly
(wn) | frowningly
adv 1: with a frown; while frowning; "he looked at her
frowningly" |
john m. browning
(wn) | John M. Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning] |
john moses browning
(wn) | John Moses Browning
n 1: United States inventor of firearms (especially automatic
pistols and repeating rifles and a machine gun called the
Peacemaker) (1855-1926) [syn: Browning, {John M.
Browning}, John Moses Browning] |
property-owning
(wn) | property-owning
adj 1: owning land or securities as a principal source of
revenue [syn: propertied, property-owning] |
robert browning
(wn) | Robert Browning
n 1: English poet and husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
noted for his dramatic monologues (1812-1889) [syn:
Browning, Robert Browning] |
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