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startle
(encz) | startle,poděsit v: Zdeněk Brož |
startle
(encz) | startle,polekat v: Zdeněk Brož |
startle
(encz) | startle,vylekat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Startle
(gcide) | Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Startling
(st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
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Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
--Addison.
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Startle
(gcide) | Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. t.
1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to
frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to
surprise.
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The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes
assume bodies need not startle us. --Locke.
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2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] --Clarendon.
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Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.
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Startle
(gcide) | Startle \Star"tle\, n.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm,
surprise, or apprehension of danger.
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After having recovered from my first startle, I was
very well pleased with the accident. --Spectator.
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startle
(wn) | startle
n 1: a sudden involuntary movement; "he awoke with a start"
[syn: startle, jump, start]
v 1: to stimulate to action ; "..startled him awake";
"galvanized into action" [syn: startle, galvanize,
galvanise]
2: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She
startled when I walked into the room" [syn: startle,
jump, start] |
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startle reaction
(encz) | startle reaction, n: |
startle reflex
(encz) | startle reflex, n: |
startle response
(encz) | startle response, n: |
startled
(encz) | startled,překvapen Zdeněk Brožstartled,vylekaný adj: Zdeněk Brožstartled,vyplašený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
startled by
(encz) | startled by,překvapen Zdeněk Brož |
Startle
(gcide) | Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Startling
(st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
[1913 Webster]
Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. t.
1. To excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension; to
frighten suddenly and not seriously; to alarm; to
surprise.
[1913 Webster]
The supposition, at least, that angels do sometimes
assume bodies need not startle us. --Locke.
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2. To deter; to cause to deviate. [R.] --Clarendon.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To start; shock; fright; frighten; alarm.
[1913 Webster]Startle \Star"tle\, n.
A sudden motion or shock caused by an unexpected alarm,
surprise, or apprehension of danger.
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After having recovered from my first startle, I was
very well pleased with the accident. --Spectator.
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Startled
(gcide) | Startle \Star"tle\ (st[aum]r"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Startled (st[aum]r"t'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Startling
(st[aum]r"tl[i^]ng).] [Freq. of start.]
To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.
[1913 Webster]
Why shrinks the soul
Back on herself, and startles at destruction?
--Addison.
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Unstartled
(gcide) | Unstartled \Unstartled\
See startled. |
startle reaction
(wn) | startle reaction
n 1: a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected
stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of
most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
[syn: startle response, startle reaction] |
startle reflex
(wn) | startle reflex
n 1: a normal reflex of young infants; a sudden loud noise
causes the child to stretch out the arms and flex the legs
[syn: startle reflex, Moro reflex] |
startle response
(wn) | startle response
n 1: a complicated involuntary reaction to a sudden unexpected
stimulus (especially a loud noise); involves flexion of
most skeletal muscles and a variety of visceral reactions
[syn: startle response, startle reaction] |
startled
(wn) | startled
adj 1: excited by sudden surprise or alarm and making a quick
involuntary movement; "students startled by the teacher's
quiet return"; "the sudden fluttering of the startled
pigeons"; "her startled expression" |
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