Pointed - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

(especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

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His acerbic wit

adjective

Used to describe something that is spoken or written in a way that is direct, clever, and cruel

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The letters show the acerbic wit for which parker was both admired and feared.

noun

A substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

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Trees were exposed to mixtures of heavy metals, acids, and overdoses of nutrients

adjective

Containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a ph of less than 7.

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Acid soils

noun

Any of various chemical substances that can produce salts, some of which are able to damage whatever they touch

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The salad dressing has an acid taste.

adjective

Sharp-tasting; sour.

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They are acid, and considered by some to be better than tamarind for the preparation of acidulous d…

adjective

Sour or sharp in taste

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A fruit drink with a pleasantly acidulous taste, an acidulous portrait of the candidate

adjective

Sharply critical or cruel

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An acidulous portrait of the candidate

adjective

(of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

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An acute housing shortage

noun

Short for acute accent.

adjective

If a bad situation is acute, it causes severe problems or damage

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She felt acute embarrassment/anxiety/concern at his behaviour., the problem of poverty is particula…

adjective

Having a barb or barbs.

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Barbed arrows

verb

Cut or style (a person's hair).

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He has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of

adjective

Having a sharp point that curves backwards

adjective

(of insects and certain other animals) able to wound the skin with a sting or fangs.

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A cream to ward off biting insects

verb

(of a person or animal) use the teeth to cut into or through something.

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He bit off a piece of cheese

noun

A bite-sized piece of food; a small snack, appetizer, or canapé.

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The hotel bar serves cocktails and delicious bitings

adjective

Able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action.

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A caustic cleaner

noun

A caustic substance.

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Spent grain, yeast, ethanol, and acids and caustics used for cleaning are all sent out to be used f…

adjective

Strongly critical

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A caustic remark

adjective

Of a cone.

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In 1865 he submitted his doctoral dissertation on a new method to determine the characteristics of …

noun

Short for conic section.

adjective

In the shape of a cone

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Their tents are conic in shape., the missile has a conic warhead., conic geometry is very important…

adjective

Having the shape of a cone.

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The ancestral tooth shape is conical, but there are numerous variations depending on the diet of th…

adjective

Shaped like a cone

noun

The action of cutting something.

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The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

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The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

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He cut his toe on a sharp stone

adjective

(of an object, area, or surface) having an outside edge or boundary of a specified kind.

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A regular square-edged tile

verb

Provide with a border or edge.

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The pool is edged with paving

adjective

Having something around the edge

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Edged with he bought a white tablecloth edged with a pretty pattern (= with a pattern around the ou…

adjective

(of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.

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She was an incisive critic

adjective

Expressing an idea or opinion in a clear and direct way that shows good understanding of what is important

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Incisive questions/comments

adjective

With rough, sharp points protruding.

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The jagged edges gashed their fingers

verb

Stab, pierce, or prick.

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She jagged herself in the mouth

adjective

Rough and uneven, with sharp points

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A jagged piece of glass, a jagged edge

abbreviation

Local area network.

noun

A computer network that links devices within a building or group of adjacent buildings, especially one with a radius of less than 1 km.

noun

Abbreviation for local area network: a system for connecting the computers of people who live near each other or work in the same building

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The computers keep everything talking to everything else over the wireless lan network.

adjective

Denoting or using biting sarcasm or invective.

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You've barely spoken a word all night, and haven't uttered so much as one mordacious comment.

adjective

Expressing severe criticism of someone

adjective

(especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.

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A mordant sense of humour

noun

A substance, typically an inorganic oxide, that combines with a dye or stain and thereby fixes it in a material.

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In order to get the color to stick well on the fiber, the wool was usually pretreated with a metal …

verb

Impregnate or treat (a fabric) with a mordant.

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Mordanting a fibre is simple

idiom

Something is extremely difficult to find

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With 500 channels on tv, finding quality children's shows is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

adjective

Able to make a way through or into something.

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The problem of penetrating damp

verb

Go into or through (something), especially with force or effort.

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The shrapnel had penetrated his head

adjective

Having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence.

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Her piercing analysis

noun

A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery.

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This is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done

verb

(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

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A splinter had pierced the skin

adjective

Having a pointed tip or end.

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Pointy ears

adjective

Shaped into a point

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She was wearing a pointy hat.

adjective

Witheringly scornful; severely critical.

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She launched a scathing attack on the prime minister

verb

Harm; injure.

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He was barely scathed

adjective

Severely critical and unkind

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He delivered a scathing attack on the president.

adjective

(of an object) having an edge or point that is able to cut or pierce something.

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Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

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The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

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Choices in successive levels expand to all notes, then sharps and flats.

adjective

Criticizing someone in an annoyed way and trying to hurt their feelings

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There was some idiot at the back of the room making snarky comments.

adjective

Long and narrow with a sharp pointed end.

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Long spearlike leaves

verb

Impale on or pierce with a sharp point.

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She spiked another oyster

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.

noun

A sharp increase in the magnitude or concentration of something.

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The oil price spike

adjective

Having many spikes or sharp projecting points.

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A spiky cactus

verb

Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.

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The tail tapers to a rounded tip

noun

A slender candle.

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He lit the tapers in the silver candelabra

noun

A gradual narrowing.

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The strong taper of her back

adjective

Becoming thinner or narrower towards one end.

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The five tapering fingers of her hand

noun

The process of gradually lessening or reducing something.

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Patients should be encouraged to embark on a gradual tapering of dosage

verb

Diminish or reduce in thickness towards one end.

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The tail tapers to a rounded tip

noun

An open pastry case containing a sweet or savoury filling.

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An apple tart

verb

Dress or make oneself up in order to look attractive.

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I tarted myself up for the night

adjective

Sharp or acid in taste.

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A tart apple

adjective

Vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

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The white paper makes trenchant criticisms of health authorities

adjective

(of something said or written) forcefully and effectively expressed, and often in few words

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I enjoy reading murray’s trenchant comments on the relationship between sports and society.

adjective

Shaped like a v

adjective

(of an animal, especially a snake) secreting venom; capable of injecting venom by means of a bite or sting.

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A leading expert on venomous snakes

adjective

A venomous snake, insect, etc., produces venom (= a poisonous liquid that can be put into another animal's body by biting or stinging)

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Possible hazards include mosquitoes, sandflies, and venomous snakes., the florida cottonmouth snake…