Offshoots - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

A main branch of a tree.

Примеры использования:

Apple boughs laden with blossom

noun

A large branch of a tree

noun

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough.

Примеры использования:

Sophie was in the branches of a tree eating an apple

verb

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions.

Примеры использования:

Follow this track south until it branches into two

noun

An arm or leg of a person or four-legged animal, or a bird's wing.

Примеры использования:

They got out, stretching their cramped limbs

noun

The edge of the disc of a celestial object, especially the sun or moon.

Примеры использования:

The eastern limb of the moon

noun

An arm or leg of a person or animal, or an animal’s wing

noun

A consideration or amount that diminishes or balances the effect of an opposite one.

Примеры использования:

Widow's bereavement allowance is an offset against income

verb

Counteract (something) by having an equal and opposite force or effect.

Примеры использования:

Donations to charities can be offset against tax

verb

To balance one influence against an opposing influence so that no great difference results

Примеры использования:

The extra cost of commuting to work from the suburbs is offset by cheaper rents.

noun

A person that runs, especially in a specified way.

Примеры использования:

Mary was a fast runner

noun

A long, narrow blade designed to slide over ice easily, fixed to the bottom of skates (= a type of boot) or snow vehicles

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Примеры использования:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

verb

Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow.

Примеры использования:

He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

noun

A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant.

Примеры использования:

He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

exclamation

Variant spelling of chute1.

verb

Lose one's footing and slide unintentionally for a short distance.

Примеры использования:

I slipped over on the ice

noun

An act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance.

Примеры использования:

A single slip could send them plummeting down the mountainside

noun

A small piece of paper, typically a form for writing on or one giving printed information.

Примеры использования:

His monthly salary slip

noun

A small stem bearing leaves or flowers, taken from a plant.

Примеры использования:

A sprig of holly

verb

Decorate (pottery) with small, separately moulded designs.

noun

A small tapering tack with no head, used chiefly to hold glass in a window frame until the putty dries.

verb

(of a plant) put out shoots.

Примеры использования:

The weeds begin to sprout

noun

A shoot of a plant.

Примеры использования:

The flower pots are full of green sprouts

verb

To begin to grow, or to produce new growth

Примеры использования:

[ i ] our new seedlings have begun to sprout., a bean sprout

noun

A device with a small spike or a spiked wheel that is worn on a rider's heel and used for urging a horse forward.

Примеры использования:

Jacobs said he used the spurs to control the horse and that any force he used was to control the ho…

verb

Urge (a horse) forward by digging one's spurs into its sides.

Примеры использования:

She spurred her horse towards the hedge

verb

To encourage an activity or development, or to cause something to develop faster

Примеры использования:

The huge new factory spurred economic growth in the entire region., the team's win on saturday will…

noun

The main body or stalk of a plant or shrub, typically rising above ground but occasionally subterranean.

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Both the blue and the yellow have the classic, satiny translucent petals of the poppy tribe, both, …

verb

Originate in or be caused by.

Примеры использования:

Many of the universities' problems stem from rapid expansion

verb

Stop or restrict (the flow of something).

Примеры использования:

A nurse did her best to stem the bleeding

noun

A creeping horizontal plant stem or runner that takes root at points along its length to form new plants.

Примеры использования:

The length of the lateral shoot at each phytomer position along the primary stolon of plants after …

noun

A gullible or easily deceived person.

Примеры использования:

If suckers will actually pay to do the work, more fool them

verb

Fool or trick (someone).

Примеры использования:

They got suckered into accepting responsibility

noun

A person who believes everything you say and is therefore easy to deceive

Примеры использования:

Josie’s a sucker for burnt almond ice cream., my car won’t start again, and hopefully between the t…

noun

A slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines round any suitable support.

Примеры использования:

Shoots were cut, divided into stems with broad leaves, tendrils, flowers, and fruits.

noun

A thin stem of a plant that twists and curls, or anything similar, such as a curl of hair

noun

A slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub.

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Sound wave vibrations are absorbed by leaves, branches and twigs of trees and shrubs.

verb

Understand or realize something.

Примеры использования:

It was amazing that graham hadn't twigged before