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run off
(encz) | run off,kopírovat v: na kopírce Petr Kovář |
run off
(encz) | run off,odběhl |
run off
(encz) | run off,odběhnout |
run off
(encz) | run off,vytisknout v: Petr Kovář |
run off
(encz) | run off,xeroxovat v: Petr Kovář |
run off
(wn) | run off
v 1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the
accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn:
abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, {go
off}, make off]
2: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted
when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to
tell silly stories, I ran out" [syn: run off, run out,
bolt, bolt out, beetle off]
3: force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric
meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad
thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back
many disappointed customers" [syn: chase away, drive out,
turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off]
4: run away secretly with one's beloved; "The young couple
eloped and got married in Las Vegas" [syn: elope, {run
off}]
5: run off as waste; "The water wastes back into the ocean"
[syn: waste, run off]
6: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off,
xerox]
7: decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
run off at the mouth
(encz) | run off at the mouth, |
To run off at the mouth
(gcide) | Mouth \Mouth\ (mouth), n.; pl. Mouths (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth,
mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth],
G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth.
mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil
mouth, muzzle, G. maul, OHG. m[=u]la, Icel. m[=u]li, and Skr.
mukha mouth.]
1. The opening through which an animal receives food; the
aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the
cavity, containing the tongue and teeth, between the lips
and the pharynx; the buccal cavity.
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2. Hence: An opening affording entrance or exit; orifice;
aperture; as:
(a) The opening of a vessel by which it is filled or
emptied, charged or discharged; as, the mouth of a jar
or pitcher; the mouth of the lacteal vessels, etc.
(b) The opening or entrance of any cavity, as a cave, pit,
well, or den.
(c) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it
is discharged.
(d) The opening through which the waters of a river or any
stream are discharged.
(e) The entrance into a harbor.
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3. (Saddlery) The crosspiece of a bridle bit, which enters
the mouth of an animal.
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4. A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a
mouthpiece.
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Every coffeehouse has some particular statesman
belonging to it, who is the mouth of the street
where he lives. --Addison.
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5. Cry; voice. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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6. Speech; language; testimony.
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That in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
word may be established. --Matt. xviii.
16.
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7. A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
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Counterfeit sad looks,
Make mouths upon me when I turn my back. --Shak.
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Down at the mouth or Down in the mouth, chapfallen; of
dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
Mouth friend, one who professes friendship insincerely.
--Shak.
Mouth glass, a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or
teeth.
Mouth honor, honor given in words, but not felt. --Shak.
Mouth organ. (Mus.)
(a) Pan's pipes. See Pandean.
(b) An harmonicon.
Mouth pipe, an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the
escaping air and make a sound.
To stop the mouth, to silence or be silent; to put to
shame; to confound.
To put one's foot in one's mouth, to say something which
causes one embarrassment.
To run off at the mouth, to speak excessively.
To talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to say things
which are contradictory.
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The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
--Ps. lxiii.
11.
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Whose mouths must be stopped. --Titus i. 11.
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