| slovo | definícia |
untie
(encz) | untie,odpoutat v: Zdeněk Brož |
untie
(encz) | untie,odvázat v: Zdeněk Brož |
untie
(encz) | untie,rozvázat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Untie
(gcide) | Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt[=y]gan. See 1st Un-, and
Tie, v. t.]
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1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to
disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
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Sacharissa's captive fain
Would untie his iron chain. --Waller.
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Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope.
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2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to
unbind.
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Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches. --Shak.
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All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the
accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
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They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham.
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Untie
(gcide) | Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i.
To become untied or loosed.
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untie
(wn) | untie
v 1: undo the ties of; "They untied the prisoner" [syn: untie,
unbrace, unlace] [ant: bind, tie]
2: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot";
"loosen the necktie" [syn: untie, undo, loosen] |
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auntie
(encz) | auntie,tetička n: Zdeněk Brožauntie,tetka n: Zdeněk Brož |
counties
(encz) | counties,hrabství pl. Zdeněk Brož |
mountie
(encz) | Mountie, |
mounties
(encz) | mounties, |
untied
(encz) | untied, |
untied aid
(encz) | untied aid, |
untier
(encz) | untier, n: |
Auntie
(gcide) | Auntie \Aunt"ie\, Aunty \Aunt"y\, n.
A familiar name for an aunt. In the southern United States a
familiar term applied to aged negro women.
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bountied
(gcide) | bountied \bountied\ adj.
rewarded or rewardable by a bounty; as, a bountied animal
pelt.
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Bounties
(gcide) | Bounty \Boun"ty\, n.; pl. Bounties. [OE. bounte goodness,
kindness, F. bont['e], fr. L. bonitas, fr. bonus good, for
older duonus; cf. Skr. duvas honor, respect.]
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1. Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth. [Obs.]
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Nature set in her at once beauty with bounty.
--Gower.
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2. Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or
liberal giving; generosity; munificence.
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My bounty is as boundless as the sea. --Shak.
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3. That which is given generously or liberally. "Thy morning
bounties." --Cowper.
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4. A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into
the public service; or to encourage any branch of
industry, as husbandry or manufactures.
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Bounty jumper, one who, during the latter part of the Civil
War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted
as soon as possible after receiving the bounty. [Collog.]
Queen Anne's bounty (Eng. Hist.), a provision made in Queen
Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.
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Syn: Munificence; generosity; beneficence.
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Counties
(gcide) | County \Coun"ty\ (koun"t[y^]), n.; pl. Counties (-t[i^]z). [F.
comt['e], fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]
1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]
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2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom,
separated from the rest of the territory, for certain
purposes in the administration of justice and public
affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.
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Every county, every town, every family, was in
agitation. --Macaulay.
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3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.
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County commissioners. See Commissioner.
County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be
a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs
and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the
county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol,
etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to
county.
County palatine, a county distinguished by particular
privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace),
because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same
powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had
in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The
counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and
Durham.
County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected
by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying
the expenses to which counties are liable, such as
repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.]
County seat, a county town. [U.S.]
County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace
for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.]
County town, the town of a county, where the county
business is transacted; a shire town.
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Jauntier
(gcide) | Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.]
[Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf.
Genty.]
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
fantastical manner.
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Jauntiest
(gcide) | Jaunty \Jaun"ty\, a. [Compar. Jauntier; superl. Jauntiest.]
[Formerly spelt janty, fr. F. gentil. See Gentle, and cf.
Genty.]
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or
fantastical manner.
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Untie
(gcide) | Untie \Un*tie"\, v. t. [AS. unt[=y]gan. See 1st Un-, and
Tie, v. t.]
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1. To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to
disengage the parts of; as, to untie a knot.
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Sacharissa's captive fain
Would untie his iron chain. --Waller.
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Her snakes untied, sulphurous waters drink. --Pope.
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2. To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to
unbind.
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Though you untie the winds, and let them fight
Against the churches. --Shak.
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All the evils of an untied tongue we put upon the
accounts of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
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They quicken sloth, perplexities untie. --Denham.
[1913 Webster]Untie \Un*tie"\, v. i.
To become untied or loosed.
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auntie
(wn) | auntie
n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
[syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle] |
bountied
(wn) | bountied
adj 1: rewarded or able to be rewarded by a bounty; "a bountied
animal pelt" |
home counties
(wn) | Home Counties
n 1: the English counties surrounding London into which Greater
London has expanded |
mountie
(wn) | Mountie
n 1: colloquial term for a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police |
mounties
(wn) | Mounties
n 1: the federal police force of Canada [syn: {Royal Canadian
Mounted Police}, RCMP, Mounties] |
untied
(wn) | untied
adj 1: not tied [syn: untied, unfastened] [ant: fastened,
tied]
2: with laces not tied; "teenagers slopping around in unlaced
sneakers" [syn: unlaced, untied] [ant: laced, tied]
3: not bound by shackles and chains [syn: unchained,
unfettered, unshackled, untied] |
untier
(wn) | untier
n 1: a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens; "children are
talented undoers of their shoelaces" [syn: undoer,
opener, unfastener, untier] |
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