Как по Английски будет cuña

noun

A small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.

Примеры использования:

There were two keys to the cupboard

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Примеры использования:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Примеры использования:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

noun

A wedge or block placed against a wheel or rounded object, to prevent it from moving.

Примеры использования:

Their aircraft stood gently shuddering against their chocks

verb

Prevent the movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock.

Примеры использования:

The front wheel will need to be chocked

noun

An external angle of a wall or building.

Примеры использования:

Smaller stations followed the same pattern; stone-built, with strongly accented quoins

verb

Provide (a wall) with quoins or corners.

Примеры использования:

The white plaster walls quoined with red sandstone blocks

noun

A child's wicker cradle.

Примеры использования:

Cribs, cradles and bassinets are traditionally woven from wickerwork.

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Примеры использования:

The door was secured by a wedge

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Примеры использования:

The door was wedged open

noun

A wedge or block placed against a wheel or rounded object, to prevent it from moving.

Примеры использования:

Their aircraft stood gently shuddering against their chocks

verb

Prevent the movement of (a wheel or vehicle) with a chock.

Примеры использования:

The front wheel will need to be chocked

noun

A small bed with high barred sides for a baby or very young child.

Примеры использования:

He should be put back into his cot to sleep

abbreviation

Cotangent.

Примеры использования:

Tangent is usually abbreviated to tan and cotangent to cot.

noun

A baby's bed or cot, typically one mounted on rockers.

Примеры использования:

The baby slept peacefully in its cradle

verb

Hold gently and protectively.

Примеры использования:

She cradled his head in her arms

noun

A board to which an infant is strapped, traditionally used by some north american indian peoples.

Примеры использования:

They tell about how cradleboards were decorated, and how twins were sometimes looked upon as a sign…

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Примеры использования:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

verb

Short for cribbage.

Примеры использования:

He would play crib with zest

noun

A card game, usually for two players, in which the objective is to play so that the pip value of one's cards played reaches exactly 15 or 31.

Примеры использования:

Double cribbage is four player cribbage with fixed partnerships; five cards each are dealt, one bei…

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Примеры использования:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

noun

A member of a central american people of the isthmus of panama.

Примеры использования:

Severin also travels into the central american rain forest to mingle with the kuna.

adjective

Relating to the kuna or their language.

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The school, which goes through 12th grade, has kuna teachers but they are paid by the panama govern…

noun

An external angle of a wall or building.

Примеры использования:

Smaller stations followed the same pattern; stone-built, with strongly accented quoins

verb

Provide (a wall) with quoins or corners.

Примеры использования:

The white plaster walls quoined with red sandstone blocks

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Примеры использования:

The door was secured by a wedge

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Примеры использования:

The door was wedged open

adjective

Having the shape of a wedge (= a piece with a pointed edge at one end and a wide edge at the other)

Примеры использования:

You couldn't fit more than two people inside his wedgy italian sports car., she wore a sharp blazer…

noun

A shoe with a wedge heel.

Примеры использования:

After several seasons of wedgies and platforms reigning supreme on the streets and in the malls, th…

verb

Fix in position using a wedge.

Примеры использования:

The door was wedged open

noun

A piece of wood, metal, etc. having one thick end and tapering to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them.

Примеры использования:

The door was secured by a wedge