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whin
(encz) | whin, n: |
whin
(gcide) | Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ[ae]us), with beautiful
yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of
Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf
furze is Ulex nanus.
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Whin
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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whin
(gcide) | Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
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whin
(wn) | whin
n 1: very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-
yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe [syn:
gorse, furze, whin, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus]
2: small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that
yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United
States; sometimes grown as an ornamental [syn: woodwaxen,
dyer's greenweed, dyer's-broom, dyeweed, greenweed,
whin, woadwaxen, Genista tinctoria]
3: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks
consisting of chert or basalt) [syn: whinstone, whin] |
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petty whin
(encz) | petty whin, n: |
whinberry
(encz) | whinberry, n: |
whinchat
(encz) | whinchat, n: |
whine
(encz) | whine,ječet v: Zdeněk Brožwhine,kňučení n: Zdeněk Brožwhine,kňučet v: Zdeněk Brož |
whined
(encz) | whined,kňoural v: Zdeněk Brožwhined,skučel v: Zdeněk Brož |
whiner
(encz) | whiner,kňoural n: PetrV |
whiney
(encz) | whiney, adj: |
whinge
(encz) | whinge,skučet v: Zdeněk Brož |
whining
(encz) | whining,kňučení n: Zdeněk Brožwhining,skučení n: Zdeněk Brož |
whiningly
(encz) | whiningly, adv: |
whinnied
(encz) | whinnied, |
whinny
(encz) | whinny,zařehtání n: Zdeněk Brožwhinny,zařehtat v: Zdeněk Brož |
whinstone
(encz) | whinstone, n: |
whiny
(encz) | whiny,ukňouraný Pavel Machek |
fretful querulous whiney whiningprenominal whiny
(gcide) | complaining \complaining\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"[i^]mg) adj.
uttering complaints. Opposite of uncomplaining.
[prenominal]
Note: [Narrower terms: faultfinding, grumbling(prenominal):
{fretful, querulous, whiney, whining(prenominal),
whiny}; protesting(prenominal), protestant]
Syn: complaintive.
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Moor whin
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Petty whin
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Pettywhin
(gcide) | Pettywhin \Pet"ty*whin\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]*hw[i^]n), n. [Petty +
whin.] (Bot.)
The needle furze. See under Needle.
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Whin
(gcide) | Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.)
A thorny evergreen shrub (Ulex Europ[ae]us), with beautiful
yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of
Great Britain; -- called also gorse, and whin. The dwarf
furze is Ulex nanus.
[1913 Webster]Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]Woad-waxen \Woad"-wax`en\, n. [Cf. Wood-wax.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant (Genista tinctoria) of Europe and
Russian Asia, and adventitious in America; -- called also
greenwood, greenweed, dyer's greenweed, and whin,
wood-wash, wood-wax, and wood-waxen.
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Whin bruiser
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whin Sparrow
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whin Thrush
(gcide) | Whin \Whin\, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.]
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1. (Bot.)
(a) Gorse; furze. See Furze.
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Through the whins, and by the cairn. --Burns.
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(b) Woad-waxed. --Gray.
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2. Same as Whinstone. [Prov. Eng.]
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Moor whin or Petty whin (Bot.), a low prickly shrub
(Genista Anglica) common in Western Europe.
Whin bruiser, a machine for cutting and bruising whin, or
furze, to feed cattle on.
Whin Sparrow (Zool.), the hedge sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
Whin Thrush (Zool.), the redwing. [Prov. Eng.]
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Whinberry
(gcide) | Whinberry \Whin"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors
among the whins, or furze. --Dr. Prior.
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whinchacker
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
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Whinchat
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
[1913 Webster]Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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whinchat
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
[1913 Webster]Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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whincheck
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
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whin-clocharet
(gcide) | Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
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Whine
(gcide) | Whine \Whine\, n.
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint;
mean or affected complaint.
[1913 Webster]Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining
plovers." --Spenser.
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The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Whine \Whine\, v. t.
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way;
as, to whine out an excuse.
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Whined
(gcide) | Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining
plovers." --Spenser.
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The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
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Whiner
(gcide) | Whiner \Whin"er\, n.
One who, or that which, whines.
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Whinge
(gcide) | Whinge \Whinge\, v. i.
To whine. [Scot.] --Burns.
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Whinger
(gcide) | Whinger \Whing"er\, n. [See Whinyard.]
A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a
weapon. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
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The chief acknowledged that he had corrected her with
his whinger. --Sir W.
Scott.
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Whining
(gcide) | Whine \Whine\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whined; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whining.] [OE. whinen, AS. hw[imac]nan to make a whistling,
whizzing sound; akin to Icel. hv[imac]na, Sw. hvina, Dan.
hvine, and probably to G. wiehern to neigh, OHG. wih[=o]n,
hweij[=o]n; perhaps of imitative origin. Cf. Whinny, v. i.]
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a
childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress,
or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain
or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely. "Whining
plovers." --Spenser.
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The hounds were . . . staying their coming, but with a
whining accent, craving liberty. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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Dost thou come here to whine? --Shak.
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Whiningly
(gcide) | Whiningly \Whin"ing*ly\, adv.
In a whining manner; in a tone of mean complaint.
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Whinner
(gcide) | Whinner \Whin"ner\, v. i.
To whinny. [Colloq.]
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Whinnied
(gcide) | Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whinnied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whinnying.] [From Whine]
To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
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Whinnies
(gcide) | Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. Whinnies.
The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately
horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." --Tennyson.
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Whinny
(gcide) | Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whinnied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whinnying.] [From Whine]
To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
[1913 Webster]Whinny \Whin"ny\, n.; pl. Whinnies.
The ordinary cry or call of a horse; a neigh. "The stately
horse . . . stooped with a low whinny." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]Whinny \Whin"ny\, a.
Abounding in whin, gorse, or furze.
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A fine, large, whinny, . . . unimproved common.
--Sterne.
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Whinnying
(gcide) | Whinny \Whin"ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whinnied; p. pr. & vb.
n. Whinnying.] [From Whine]
To utter the ordinary call or cry of a horse; to neigh.
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Whinock
(gcide) | Whinock \Whin"ock\ (hw[i^]n"[u^]k), n. [Cf. Scot. whin, quhene,
a few, AS. hw[=e]ne, hw[=ae]ne, a little, hw[=o]n little,
few. Cf. Wheen.]
The small pig of a litter. [Local, U. S.]
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Whinstone
(gcide) | Whinstone \Whin"stone"\, n. [Whin + stone; cf. Scot.
quhynstane.]
A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and
applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified
rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to
masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names
sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt.
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Whinyard
(gcide) | Whinyard \Whin"yard\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. & Scot. whingar, whinger;
perhaps from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff,
rod, yard; or cf. AS. hw[imac]nan to whistle, E. whine.]
1. A sword, or hanger. [Obs.]
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2. [From the shape of the bill.] (Zool.)
(a) The shoveler. [Prov. Eng.]
(b) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]
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petty whin
(wn) | petty whin
n 1: prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England
and Europe [syn: broom tree, needle furze, {petty
whin}, Genista anglica] |
whinberry
(wn) | whinberry
n 1: erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-
black berries [syn: bilberry, whortleberry,
whinberry, blaeberry, Viccinium myrtillus] |
whinchat
(wn) | whinchat
n 1: brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn:
whinchat, Saxicola rubetra] |
whine
(wn) | whine
n 1: a complaint uttered in a plaintive whining way [syn:
whimper, whine]
v 1: move with a whining sound; "The bullets were whining past
us"
2: talk in a tearful manner [syn: snivel, whine]
3: make a high-pitched, screeching noise; "The door creaked when
I opened it slowly"; "My car engine makes a whining noise"
[syn: whine, squeak, screech, creak, screak,
skreak]
4: complain whiningly [syn: whine, grizzle, yammer,
yawp] |
whiner
(wn) | whiner
n 1: a person given to excessive complaints and crying and
whining [syn: whiner, complainer, moaner,
sniveller, crybaby, bellyacher, grumbler,
squawker] |
whiney
(wn) | whiney
adj 1: habitually complaining; "a whiny child" [syn: fretful,
querulous, whiney, whiny] |
whinny
(wn) | whinny
n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny] |
whinstone
(wn) | whinstone
n 1: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks
consisting of chert or basalt) [syn: whinstone, whin] |
whiny
(wn) | whiny
adj 1: habitually complaining; "a whiny child" [syn: fretful,
querulous, whiney, whiny] |
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