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rounds
(mass) | rounds
- kolesá |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,kola n: Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,kulatí Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,náboje Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,řady n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,salvy n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,série n: Zdeněk Brož |
rounds
(encz) | rounds,zaokrouhluje v: Zdeněk Brož |
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groundsman
(mass) | groundsman
- správca |
surrounds
(mass) | surrounds
- obklopuje |
backgrounds
(encz) | backgrounds,pozadí pl. Zdeněk Brož |
coffee grounds
(encz) | coffee grounds, n: |
golden groundsel
(encz) | golden groundsel, n: |
grounds
(encz) | grounds,dna pl. Zdeněk Brožgrounds,povrchy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožgrounds,základy n: pl. Zdeněk Brožgrounds,země pl. Zdeněk Brož |
groundsel
(encz) | groundsel, n: |
groundsel bush
(encz) | groundsel bush, n: |
groundsel tree
(encz) | groundsel tree, n: |
groundsheet
(encz) | groundsheet,karimatka n: Zdeněk Brož |
groundskeeper
(encz) | groundskeeper,správce hřiště n: Petr Písařgroundskeeper,správce parku n: Petr Písař |
groundsman
(encz) | groundsman,správce n: Zdeněk Brož |
groundspeed
(encz) | groundspeed, n: |
groundswell
(encz) | groundswell,vzrůst groundswell,zdvihnutí země |
make the rounds
(encz) | make the rounds,kolovat Petr Písař |
nodding groundsel
(encz) | nodding groundsel, n: |
on moral grounds
(encz) | on moral grounds, |
on the grounds that
(encz) | on the grounds that,s tím že |
roundsman
(encz) | roundsman,doručovatel Zdeněk Brožroundsman,roznašeč Zdeněk Brož |
surrounds
(encz) | surrounds,obklopuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
threadleaf groundsel
(encz) | threadleaf groundsel, n: |
Barren Grounds
(gcide) | Barren \Bar"ren\ (b[a^]r"ren), a. [OE. barein, OF. brehaing,
fem. brehaigne, baraigne, F. br['e]haigne; of uncertain
origin; cf. Arm. br['e]kha[~n], markha[~n], sterile; LL.
brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish
documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.]
1. Incapable of producing offspring; producing no young;
sterile; -- said of women and female animals.
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She was barren of children. --Bp. Hall.
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2. Not producing vegetation, or useful vegetation; sterile.
"Barren mountain tracts." --Macaulay.
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3. Unproductive; fruitless; unprofitable; empty.
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Brilliant but barren reveries. --Prescott.
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Some schemes will appear barren of hints and matter.
--Swift.
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4. Mentally dull; stupid. --Shak.
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Barren flower, a flower which has only stamens without a
pistil, or which has neither stamens nor pistils.
Barren Grounds (Geog.), a vast tract in British America
northward of the forest regions.
Barren Ground bear (Zool.), a peculiar bear, inhabiting the
Barren Grounds, now believed to be a variety of the brown
bear of Europe.
Barren Ground caribou (Zool.), a small reindeer ({Rangifer
Gr[oe]nlandicus}) peculiar to the Barren Grounds and
Greenland.
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fairgrounds
(gcide) | fairgrounds \fairgrounds\, n. pl.
same as fairground.
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grounds
(gcide) | Home \Home\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic;
not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
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2. Close; personal; pointed; as, a home thrust.
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3. (Games) In various games, the ultimate point aimed at in a
progress; goal; as:
(a) (Baseball) The plate at which the batter stands; same
as home base and home plate.
(b) (Lacrosse) The place of a player in front of an
opponent's goal; also, the player.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Home base or Home plate (Baseball), the base at which the
batter stands when batting, and which is the last base to
be reached in scoring a run.
Home farm, grounds, etc., the farm, grounds, etc.,
adjacent to the residence of the owner.
Home lot, an inclosed plot on which the owner's home
stands. [U. S.]
Home rule, rule or government of an appendent or dependent
country, as to all local and internal legislation, by
means of a governing power vested in the people within the
country itself, in contradistinction to a government
established by the dominant country; as, home rule in
Ireland. Also used adjectively; as, home-rule members of
Parliament.
Home ruler, one who favors or advocates home rule.
Home stretch (Sport.), that part of a race course between
the last curve and the winning post.
Home thrust, a well directed or effective thrust; one that
wounds in a vital part; hence, in controversy, a personal
attack.
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Groundsel
(gcide) | Groundsel \Ground"sel\, n. [OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige,
grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan
to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the
eye. See Swallow, v.] (Bot.)
An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the
most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.
GroundselGroundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
sill.]
See Ground plate
(a), under Ground
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groundsheet
(gcide) | groundsheet \ground"sheet`\ (ground"sh[=e]t`), n.
a piece of waterproofed cloth spread on the ground (as under
a tent) to protect the occupants from moisture.
Syn: ground cloth.
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Groundsill
(gcide) | Groundsel \Ground"sel\, Groundsill \Ground"sill`\, n. [Ground +
sill.]
See Ground plate
(a), under Ground
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groundswell
(gcide) | groundswell \ground"swell`\ (ground"sw[e^]l`), n.
1. A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant
winds or storms.
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2. A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially
among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion
favoring campaign finance reform.
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Happy hunting grounds
(gcide) | Hunting \Hunt"ing\, n.
The pursuit of game or of wild animals. --A. Smith.
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Happy hunting grounds, the region to which, according to
the belief of American Indians, the souls of warriors and
hunters pass after death, to be happy in hunting and
feasting. --Tylor.
Hunting box. Same As Hunting lodge (below).
Hunting cat (Zool.), the cheetah.
Hunting cog (Mach.), a tooth in the larger of two geared
wheels which makes its number of teeth prime to the number
in the smaller wheel, thus preventing the frequent meeting
of the same pairs of teeth.
Hunting dog (Zool.), the hyena dog.
Hunting ground, a region or district abounding in game;
esp. (pl.), the regions roamed over by the North American
Indians in search of game.
Hunting horn, a bulge; a horn used in the chase. See
Horn, and Bulge.
Hunting leopard (Zool.), the cheetah.
Hunting lodge, a temporary residence for the purpose of
hunting.
Hunting seat, a hunting lodge. --Gray.
Hunting shirt, a coarse shirt for hunting, often of
leather.
Hunting spider (Zool.), a spider which hunts its prey,
instead of catching it in a web; a wolf spider.
Hunting watch. See Hunter, 6.
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Round-shouldered
(gcide) | Round-shouldered \Round"-shoul`dered\, a.
Having the shoulders stooping or projecting; round-backed.
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Roundsman
(gcide) | Roundsman \Rounds"man\, n.; pl. Roundsmen.
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over
the rounds of the patrolmen.
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Roundsmen
(gcide) | Roundsman \Rounds"man\, n.; pl. Roundsmen.
A patrolman; also, a policeman who acts as an inspector over
the rounds of the patrolmen.
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Way of the rounds
(gcide) | Way \Way\, n. [OE. wey, way, AS. weg; akin to OS., D., OHG., &
G. weg, Icel. vegr, Sw. v[aum]g, Dan. vei, Goth. wigs, L.
via, and AS. wegan to move, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah.
[root]136. Cf. Convex, Inveigh, Vehicle, Vex, Via,
Voyage, Wag, Wagon, Wee, Weigh.]
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1. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes;
opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage;
road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a
way to the mine. "To find the way to heaven." --Shak.
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I shall him seek by way and eke by street.
--Chaucer.
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The way seems difficult, and steep to scale.
--Milton.
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The season and ways were very improper for his
majesty's forces to march so great a distance.
--Evelyn.
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2. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a
long way.
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And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail. --Longfellow.
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3. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
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I prythee, now, lead the way. --Shak.
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4. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of
action; advance.
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If that way be your walk, you have not far.
--Milton.
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And let eternal justice take the way. --Dryden.
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5. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is
accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
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My best way is to creep under his gaberdine. --Shak.
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By noble ways we conquest will prepare. --Dryden.
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What impious ways my wishes took! --Prior.
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6. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of
expressing one's ideas.
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7. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of
conduct; mode of dealing. "Having lost the way of
nobleness." --Sir. P. Sidney.
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Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths
are peace. --Prov. iii.
17.
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When men lived in a grander way. --Longfellow.
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8. Sphere or scope of observation. --Jer. Taylor.
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The public ministers that fell in my way. --Sir W.
Temple.
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9. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as,
to have one's way.
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10. (Naut.)
(a) Progress; as, a ship has way.
(b) pl. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
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11. pl. (Mach.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces,
on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a
table or carriage moves.
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12. (Law) Right of way. See below.
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By the way, in passing; apropos; aside; apart from, though
connected with, the main object or subject of discourse.
By way of, for the purpose of; as being; in character of.
Covert way. (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered.
In the family way. See under Family.
In the way, so as to meet, fall in with, obstruct, hinder,
etc.
In the way with, traveling or going with; meeting or being
with; in the presence of.
Milky way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.
No way, No ways. See Noway, Noways, in the
Vocabulary.
On the way, traveling or going; hence, in process;
advancing toward completion; as, on the way to this
country; on the way to success.
Out of the way. See under Out.
Right of way (Law), a right of private passage over
another's ground. It may arise either by grant or
prescription. It may be attached to a house, entry, gate,
well, or city lot, as well as to a country farm. --Kent.
To be under way, or To have way (Naut.), to be in motion,
as when a ship begins to move.
To give way. See under Give.
To go one's way, or To come one's way, to go or come; to
depart or come along. --Shak.
To go one's way to proceed in a manner favorable to one; --
of events.
To come one's way to come into one's possession (of
objects) or to become available, as an opportunity; as,
good things will come your way.
To go the way of all the earth or
to go the way of all flesh to die.
To make one's way, to advance in life by one's personal
efforts.
To make way. See under Make, v. t.
Ways and means.
(a) Methods; resources; facilities.
(b) (Legislation) Means for raising money; resources for
revenue.
Way leave, permission to cross, or a right of way across,
land; also, rent paid for such right. [Eng]
Way of the cross (Eccl.), the course taken in visiting in
rotation the stations of the cross. See Station, n., 7
(c) .
Way of the rounds (Fort.), a space left for the passage of
the rounds between a rampart and the wall of a fortified
town.
Way pane, a pane for cartage in irrigated land. See Pane,
n., 4. [Prov. Eng.]
Way passenger, a passenger taken up, or set down, at some
intermediate place between the principal stations on a
line of travel.
Ways of God, his providential government, or his works.
Way station, an intermediate station between principal
stations on a line of travel, especially on a railroad.
Way train, a train which stops at the intermediate, or way,
stations; an accommodation train.
Way warden, the surveyor of a road.
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Syn: Street; highway; road.
Usage: Way, Street, Highway, Road. Way is generic,
denoting any line for passage or conveyance; a highway
is literally one raised for the sake of dryness and
convenience in traveling; a road is, strictly, a way
for horses and carriages; a street is, etymologically,
a paved way, as early made in towns and cities; and,
hence, the word is distinctively applied to roads or
highways in compact settlements.
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All keep the broad highway, and take delight
With many rather for to go astray. --Spenser.
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There is but one road by which to climb up.
--Addison.
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When night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
--Milton.
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arrowleaf groundsel
(wn) | arrowleaf groundsel
n 1: perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy
stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist
places in mountains of western North America [syn:
arrowleaf groundsel, Senecio triangularis] |
coffee grounds
(wn) | coffee grounds
n 1: the dregs remaining after brewing coffee |
golden groundsel
(wn) | golden groundsel
n 1: weedy herb of the eastern United States to Texas having
golden-yellow flowers; sometimes becomes invasive;
sometimes placed in genus Senecio [syn: golden groundsel,
golden ragwort, Packera aurea, Senecio aureus] |
grounds
(wn) | grounds
n 1: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to
base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer
is very compelling" [syn: evidence, grounds]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
curtilage]
3: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation
or burial etc.)
4: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
5: dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee)
that form a residue; "it is a Middle Eastern custom to read
your future in your coffee grounds" |
groundsel
(wn) | groundsel
n 1: Eurasian weed with heads of small yellow flowers [syn:
groundsel, Senecio vulgaris] |
groundsel bush
(wn) | groundsel bush
n 1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North
America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white
plumelike hairy tufts [syn: groundsel tree, {groundsel
bush}, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, {Baccharis
halimifolia}] |
groundsel tree
(wn) | groundsel tree
n 1: a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North
America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white
plumelike hairy tufts [syn: groundsel tree, {groundsel
bush}, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, {Baccharis
halimifolia}] |
groundsheet
(wn) | groundsheet
n 1: a waterproofed piece of cloth spread on the ground (as
under a tent) to protect from moisture [syn: groundsheet,
ground cloth] |
groundskeeper
(wn) | groundskeeper
n 1: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or
athletic field) [syn: groundsman, groundskeeper,
groundkeeper] |
groundsman
(wn) | groundsman
n 1: someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or
athletic field) [syn: groundsman, groundskeeper,
groundkeeper] |
groundspeed
(wn) | groundspeed
n 1: the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground |
nodding groundsel
(wn) | nodding groundsel
n 1: plant with erect leafy stems bearing clusters of rayless
yellow flower heads on bent individual stalks; moist
regions of southwestern United States [syn: {nodding
groundsel}, Senecio bigelovii] |
roundsman
(wn) | roundsman
n 1: a workman employed to make rounds (to deliver goods or make
inspections or so on) |
threadleaf groundsel
(wn) | threadleaf groundsel
n 1: bluish-green bushy leafy plant covered with close white
wool and bearing branched clusters of yellow flower heads;
southwestern United States; toxic to range livestock [syn:
threadleaf groundsel, Senecio doublasii] |
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