Laces - Английское значение и перевод слова Laces на Русский язык

verb

Render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance.

Примеры использования:

The brewer is said to adulterate his beer

adjective

Not pure or genuine.

Примеры использования:

Adulterate remedies

verb

To make something weaker or of worse quality by adding something else to it

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Saffron is very expensive, and is often adulterated with other plants.

verb

Tie or fasten (something) tightly together.

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They bound her hands and feet

noun

A problematical situation.

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He is in a bind that gets worse with every passing minute

verb

To tie someone or something tightly, or to fasten things together

Примеры использования:

The room was full of wooden boxes bound with twisted wire., fig. the club is home to a mix of peopl…

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Примеры использования:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

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The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

noun

Machine-made cotton net (imitating bobbin lace).

Примеры использования:

Besides lace machines for making bobbinet, ipswich's hand-powered lace shops also held several fram…

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Примеры использования:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Примеры использования:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

noun

A cord or leather strip for lacing boots.

Примеры использования:

One of the most tedious jobs i ever did at the board was to look after the narrow fabrics industry:…

noun

A long, thin string or strip of leather used to fasten boots

noun

Threads of silk, cotton, or other material woven into a decorative band for edging or trimming garments.

Примеры использования:

A coat trimmed with gold braid

verb

Form (hair) into a braid or braids.

Примеры использования:

When i was a kid, i loved braiding my hair

verb

To join three or more lengths of hair or other material by putting them over each other in a special pattern

Примеры использования:

[ i/t ] my sister taught me how to braid (my hair)., andrea wears her hair in braids., gold braid

verb

Make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.

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The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The disease can be caused by a variety of viruses, bacteria, and other small organisms that contami…

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

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The government recently reported that 10% of farmland has been destroyed by pollution and that heav…

noun

Thin, flexible string or rope made from several twisted strands.

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Hang the picture from a rail on a length of cord

verb

Attach a cord to.

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You will need to cord the blind

verb

To move or exist in a pattern of lines crossing something or each other

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This area of the city is criss-crossed by railway lines., the streets ran in a regular criss-cross …

phrasal verb

Wrap for decorative purposes

noun

A woman's hairstyle in which the hair is arranged on top of the head, especially for a special occasion such as a wedding

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Примеры использования:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Примеры использования:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Примеры использования:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

noun

A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.

Примеры использования:

A new drug aimed at sufferers from parkinson's disease

verb

Administer a drug to (someone) in order to induce stupor or insensibility.

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They were drugged to keep them quiet

verb

A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

verb

Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.

Примеры использования:

The wartime routine was enlivened by a series of concerts

verb

To make more interesting or active

Примеры использования:

Entertainment enlivened the meeting.

verb

Improve or enhance the quality or value of.

Примеры использования:

Her exposure to museums enriched her life in france

Make better or improve in quality

verb

To improve the quality of something by adding something else

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The heritage of africa has greatly enriched american life., uranium is enriched for use in nuclear …

verb

Cause to become twisted together with or caught in.

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Fish attempt to swim through the mesh and become entangled

verb

To trap something within something else from which it is difficult to escape

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A seal became entangled in the fishing net., fig. the movie explores the entangled (= mixed togethe…

verb

Wind or twist together; interweave.

Примеры использования:

They lay entwined in each other's arms

verb

To twist together or around something

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The old-fashioned porch was entwined with many creeping plants., fig. in the old days, moviemaking …

verb

Close or do up securely.

Примеры использования:

The tunic was fastened with a row of gilt buttons

verb

To make or become firmly attached or closed

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[ i ] this skirt fastens at the back., [ t ] fasten your seatbelt.

noun

French spelling of fillet, used especially in the names of french or french-sounding dishes.

Примеры использования:

Filet de boeuf

noun

Fillet

noun

Ornamental work of fine (typically gold or silver) wire formed into delicate tracery.

Примеры использования:

Filigree earrings

noun

Thin gold or silver wire shaped into delicate patterns and used esp. in jewelry

noun

A fabric with an open mesh resembling a fishing net.

Примеры использования:

Black fishnet stockings

noun

A type of material that is woven of threads and is similar to a net

noun

The distinctive taste of a food or drink.

Примеры использования:

The yoghurt comes in eight fruit flavours

verb

Alter or enhance the taste of (food or drink) by adding a particular ingredient.

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Chunks of chicken flavoured with herbs

noun

How food or drink tastes, or a particular taste itself

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Add a little salt to bring out the flavour of the herbs., my fish was delicious but charles' beef h…

verb

Provide (a place) with defensive works as protection against attack.

Примеры использования:

The enclave has been heavily fortified in recent years

verb

Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality).

Примеры использования:

His works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity

phrasal verb

To fill something or someone with a quality or feeling

Примеры использования:

Her poetry was imbued with a love of the outdoors.

verb

Fill; pervade.

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Her work is infused with an anger born of pain and oppression

verb

To cause someone or something to take in and be filled with a quality or a condition of mind

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His landscape paintings were infused with a warm, subtle light.

verb

Join or connect (two or more things) together.

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The department's postgraduate work is closely interlinked with the msc programme

verb

To cause to join or connect together, with the parts joined often having an effect on each other

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Police forces across europe have begun to interlink their databases on stolen cars.

verb

Twist or twine together.

Примеры использования:

A net made of cotton intertwined with other natural fibres

verb

To twist or be twisted together, or to be connected so as to be difficult to separate

Примеры использования:

The town's prosperity is inextricably intertwined with the fortunes of the factory., the trees' bra…

verb

Weave or become woven together.

Примеры использования:

The rugs are made by tightly interweaving the strands

verb

To put together or combine two or more things so that they cannot be separated easily

Примеры использования:

The author skillfully interweaves fiction and history in her novel.

noun

A fastening made by looping a piece of string, rope, or something similar on itself and tightening it.

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Tie a knot at the end of the cord

verb

Fasten with a knot.

Примеры использования:

The scarves were knotted loosely around their throats

noun

A small, relatively short-billed sandpiper, with a reddish-brown or blackish breast in the breeding season.

Примеры использования:

You can see red knots, dunlins, and sandpipers as they rest and forage for food on the beaches, usi…

noun

Fabric or decorative items made of lace.

Примеры использования:

Beautiful intricate lacework

noun

The laced fastening of a shoe or garment.

Примеры использования:

They struggled with each other's clothing, tearing at the lacing

verb

Fasten or tighten (a shoe or garment) by tying the laces.

Примеры использования:

He put the shoes on and laced them up

verb

Present participle of lace

Примеры использования:

Coffee laced with brandy

noun

A narrow thong or lace for fastening a shoe or sandal.

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The cover with mock latchet and ring finial and the two-stepped, angular handles on the body are po…

noun

A relationship between two things or situations, especially where one affects the other.

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A commission to investigate a link between pollution and forest decline

verb

Make, form, or suggest a connection with or between.

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Rumours that linked his name with judith

noun

A torch of pitch and tow for lighting the way in dark streets.

noun

Material made of a network of wire or thread.

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Mesh for fishing nets

verb

(of the teeth of a gearwheel) be engaged with another gearwheel.

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One gear meshes with the input gear

noun

A material loosely woven of wire, plastic, or thread so that it has spaces in it like a net

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Pour the liquid through a strainer of fine mesh., [ i ] the teeth of the smaller and larger gears m…

noun

An interlaced structure; a network.

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A meshwork of interwoven bars

noun

A piece of open-meshed material made of twine, cord, or something similar, used typically for catching fish or other animals.

Примеры использования:

Fishermen mending their nets

noun

A structure consisting of a net supported on a frame, forming the goal in games such as soccer and hockey.

Примеры использования:

He turned wilson's cross into the net

noun

A fine fabric with a very open weave.

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Net curtains

noun

Open-meshed material made by knotting together twine, wire, rope, or thread.

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Protect crops from pigeons and other birds with netting

verb

Catch or land (a fish or other animal) with a net.

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Damage caused when netting the fish

verb

Acquire (a sum of money) as clear profit.

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He netted £2.45 million on the deal

noun

Ornamental work in cloth, metal, leather, or other material with regular patterns of openings and holes.

Примеры использования:

White openwork sandals

noun

Decorative trimming such as tassels, braid, and fringing, used on furniture and clothing (e.g. military uniforms).

Примеры использования:

The pair's work, reviving the ancient art of passementerie - decoration using fringing, trimming an…

noun

A single length of hair, straw, rope, or other material made up of three or more interlaced strands.

Примеры использования:

She wore her dark hair in plaits

verb

Archaic term for pleat.

verb

Braid

noun

Each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Примеры использования:

Now most places in the world you have four seasons; winter, spring, summer, fall but not so in barb…

verb

Add salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to (food).

Примеры использования:

Season the soup to taste with salt and pepper

noun

One of the four parts a year is divided into; spring, summer, fall, or winter

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Flu season, the holiday season, the baseball season lasts from april to october., strawberries are …

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

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Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

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Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

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A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

noun

A cord or leather strip passed through eyelets or hooks on opposite sides of a shoe and pulled tight and fastened.

Примеры использования:

He turned around and grabbed one of my shoelaces, i pulled back my foot to prevent him from doing w…

noun

A small or inadequate budget.

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Many early studies were done on a shoestring

adjective

(of a save or tackle in sport) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground.

Примеры использования:

The mets center fielder made a shoestring catch

noun

A shoelace

noun

A thin, pointed piece of metal, wood, or another rigid material.

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The spikes dug into the thin material of the bags, and dirt began to leak out.

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

Примеры использования:

She spiked another oyster

noun

A flower cluster formed of many flower heads attached directly to a long stem.

Примеры использования:

This handsome plant has striking blue flowers in a spike on the stem

verb

Make or become stiff or rigid.

Примеры использования:

He stiffened his knees in an effort to prevent them trembling

verb

Make rigid or more rigid

verb

To become or make something firm or more difficult to bend

Примеры использования:

[ t ] to paint on linen, you first have to stiffen the fabric with a glue mixture., [ i ] his back …

verb

Make or become stronger.

Примеры использования:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

To become more effective, or to make something more effective

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[ t ] somehow his illness strengthened their marriage and brought them closer together., [ t ] pare…

verb

To make something more effective or powerful

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A discussion paper aiming to strengthen the eu's competition regime has been circulated amongst com…

noun

Material consisting of threads of cotton, hemp, or other material twisted together to form a thin length.

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Unwieldy packs tied up with string

verb

Short for stringboard.

noun

A thin length of cord

Примеры использования:

[ u ] a piece of string, guitar strings are made from steel or nylon., violins, cellos, and double …

noun

A kind of knotted lace made by hand with a small shuttle, used chiefly for trimming.

Примеры использования:

She sat making tatting

verb

Make (a decorative mat or edging) by tying knots in thread and using a small shuttle to form lace.

Примеры использования:

She sometimes made dresses in the evening while momma tatted doilies

verb

Give (a person or body part) a tattoo.

Примеры использования:

I think you should try tatting your arms—you'll get more respect

noun

A narrow strip of leather or other material, used especially as a fastening or as the lash of a whip.

Примеры использования:

A wooden ladder lashed together with leather thongs led into a hole into the ceiling above.

verb

Flog or lash with a whip.

noun

A light shoe, often made of rubber, consisting of a flat bottom attached to the foot by a narrow strap that fits between the big toe and the toe next to it

verb

Attach or fasten with string or similar cord.

Примеры использования:

They tied max to a chair

noun

A piece of string, cord, or similar used for fastening or tying something.

Примеры использования:

He tightened the tie of his robe

verb

Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

idiom

Secure with or as if with ropes

phrasal verb

Bind someone so that they cannot move or escape.

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Robbers tied her up and ransacked her home

phrasal verb

Occupy someone to the exclusion of any other activity.

Примеры использования:

She would be tied up at the meeting all day

noun

A framework, typically consisting of rafters, posts, and struts, supporting a roof, bridge, or other structure.

Примеры использования:

Roof trusses

verb

Tie up the wings and legs of (a chicken or other bird) before cooking.

Примеры использования:

Alfred had already trussed and stuffed the geese

noun

A support for a building or bridge, made of wood or steel

Примеры использования:

No one knows if the fire damaged the building’s trusses and support beams.

noun

A soft, fine silk, cotton, or nylon material like net, used for making veils and dresses.

Примеры использования:

Satin, organza, chiffon, georgette, tulle, lace, brocades, and crepe are all classic fabrics for br…

noun

A light cloth like a net of silk or similar material, used on dresses, to decorate hats, or for particular types of veil

noun

Strong thread or string consisting of two or more strands of hemp or cotton twisted together.

Примеры использования:

An empty plastic 2 litre bottle is tied to a rock, or bag of stones with strong twine or string.

verb

Wind or cause to wind round something.

Примеры использования:

The plant will twine round its support

noun

An instance of moaning or complaining.

Примеры использования:

Having a good twine today—well, i am british and we do love complaining!

noun

Strong, closely woven fabric used for making items such as straps and belts, and for supporting the seats of upholstered chairs.

Примеры использования:

Webbing straps

verb

Cover with or as though with a web.

Примеры использования:

She noticed his tanned skin, webbed with fine creases

noun

Threads of strong material twisted into strong strips, used to make belts and straps and to support springs in furniture