Spike - Английское значение и перевод слова Spike 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

Примеры использования:

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

noun

A sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.

Примеры использования:

It was a simple hunting arrow, without a particularly sharp edge or barbs that would make it harder…

noun

A small horse of a hardy breed originally from north africa.

Примеры использования:

The rancho riding herd is usually 27 horses, mainly spanish barbs and mixes of that breed.

verb

Cut or style (a person's hair).

Примеры использования:

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

noun

A short, stiff hair on an animal's skin or a man's face.

Примеры использования:

I haven't shaved for the day, so short bristles of my beard pepper my chin.

verb

(of hair or fur) stand upright away from the skin, typically as a sign of anger or fear.

Примеры использования:

The hair on the back of his neck bristled

verb

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

Примеры использования:

The site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity

verb

To make something less pure or make it poisonous

Примеры использования:

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…

verb

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

Примеры использования:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Примеры использования:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

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 drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Примеры использования:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Примеры использования:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Примеры использования:

The horse was doped before the race

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.

Примеры использования:

They were drugged to keep them quiet

verb

A substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic

noun

A square wooden or iron bar which takes the weight of a topmast stepped to a lower mast by being passed through holes in both masts.

Примеры использования:

The fid, therefore, must be withdrawn every time the top-mast is lowered.

verb

Transfix or pierce with a sharp instrument.

Примеры использования:

His head was impaled on a pike and exhibited for all to see

verb

To push a sharp pointed object through something, esp. an animal’s or person’s body

Примеры использования:

Walruses sometimes use their tusks to impale seals for food.

noun

A fine open fabric of cotton or silk, made by looping, twisting, or knitting thread in patterns and used especially for trimming garments.

Примеры использования:

A dress trimmed in white lace

verb

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

Примеры использования:

He put the shoes on and laced them up

noun

A decorative cloth that is made by weaving thin thread into delicate patterns having small spaces within them

Примеры использования:

A lace curtain/handkerchief, your laces are untied., she laced her boots.

noun

A small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook.

Примеры использования:

Don't try and hammer nails into the ceiling joists

verb

A medieval measure of length for cloth, equal to 2 1/4 inches.

verb

A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

verb

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

Примеры использования:

The shrapnel had penetrated his head

verb

Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance

verb

To move into or through something

Примеры использования:

[ i ] the drill isn’t sharp enough to penetrate into the rock., [ t ] women have begun to penetrate…

verb

Pierce and make a hole or holes in.

Примеры использования:

There is a very small risk of the scope perforating the colon

adjective

Perforated.

Примеры использования:

A perforate shell

verb

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

Примеры использования:

A splinter had pierced the skin

verb

To go in or through something, esp. with a pointed object, making a hole

Примеры использования:

Pierce the potatoes with a fork to see if they’re done., she got her ears pierced.

noun

A thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.

Примеры использования:

One of them cleverly decorates a vase by drawing plant leaves using a sharp pin, while another shap…

verb

Attach or fasten with a pin or pins.

Примеры использования:

He pinned the badge on to his lapel

noun

An identifying number allocated to an individual by a bank or other organization and used for validating electronic transactions.

noun

A peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.

Примеры использования:

He noted that some younger members had adopted the new techniques of rock climbing with pitons and …

noun

A spike (= a piece of metal with a sharp point at one end) that climbers put in cracks in the rock to support them or to attach a rope to

Примеры использования:

The climbers follow the cracks in the face where they can wedge their pitons., the cables are attac…

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Примеры использования:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A male fallow deer in its second year, having straight, unbranched horns.

Примеры использования:

A young pricket approaches and the buck reacts violently.

noun

A short pointed outgrowth on the bark or epidermis of a plant; a small thorn.

Примеры использования:

The prickles of the gorse bushes

verb

(of a part of the body) experience a tingling sensation, especially as a result of strong emotion.

Примеры использования:

The sound made her skin prickle with horror

noun

A stinging feeling as if made by a sharp point

Примеры использования:

A prickle of fear ran up the back of my neck., [ t ] she lay on the dry grass, which prickled the b…

noun

An estimate or forecast of a future situation based on a study of present trends.

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Plans based on projections of slow but positive growth

noun

Each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork.

Примеры использования:

Beryllium fork tips were also manufactured to be attached to the prongs of standard forks for handl…

verb

Pierce or stab with a fork.

Примеры использования:

He passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat

noun

One of two or more long pointed parts at the end of a tool, electric plug, or other object

noun

A long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking.

Примеры использования:

Thread the meat on to large skewers and grill over a gentle heat

verb

Fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer.

Примеры использования:

Skewer the cubes of beef, using six to eight per skewer

noun

A long pin for holding meat in position while it is being roasted

noun

A weapon with a pointed tip, typically of steel, and a long shaft, used for thrusting or throwing.

Примеры использования:

Their traditional hunting weapons were spears and blow guns.

verb

Pierce or strike with a spear or other pointed object.

Примеры использования:

She speared her last chip with her fork

verb

A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

noun

A minute sharp-pointed object or structure that is typically present in large numbers, such as a fine particle of ice.

Примеры использования:

A general overview on the structural organization of the proteinaceous filament inside spicules is …

noun

A series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone.

Примеры использования:

A soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine

noun

The line of bones down the center of the back that provides support for the body

Примеры использования:

Be careful of the cactus spines.

verb

Eject saliva forcibly from one's mouth, sometimes as a gesture of contempt or anger.

Примеры использования:

Todd spat in hugh's face

noun

Saliva, typically that which has been ejected from a person's mouth.

Примеры использования:

I brought up all this phlegm and spit into my mouth, and at first it was so, so foul i nearly choked.

verb

Put a spit through (meat) in order to roast it over an open fire.

Примеры использования:

He spitted the rabbit and cooked it

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…

verb

Thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.

Примеры использования:

He stabbed her in the stomach

noun

A thrust with a knife or other pointed weapon.

Примеры использования:

Multiple stab wounds

verb

To injure someone using a sharp, pointed object

Примеры использования:

He was stabbed with a fork., he’s recovering from stab wounds., cheri felt a sudden stab of guilt.,…

noun

A strong wooden or metal post with a point at one end, driven into the ground to support a plant, form part of a fence, mark a boundary, etc.

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A row of more than 15 bricks, pieces of concrete, metal poles, wooden stakes and a traffic cone wer…

verb

A territorial division of the mormon church under the jurisdiction of a president.

verb

Gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of a game or race.

Примеры использования:

One gambler staked everything he'd got and lost

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Примеры использования:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Примеры использования:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

noun

A stiff, sharp-pointed woody projection on the stem or other part of a plant.

Примеры использования:

Roses ramble over walls, branches stiff with thorns and laden with huge blossoms.

noun

A small, sharp, pointed growth on the stem of a plant

Примеры использования:

Rose bushes have thorns.

noun

A prong or sharp point, such as that on a fork or antler.

Примеры использования:

Sharp tines or prongs, operated by a foot pedal or hand crank, grip the weed and yank it out of the…

noun

One of the sharp pointed parts on an object such as a fork or comb

verb

Cause (someone) to become motionless with horror, wonder, or astonishment.

Примеры использования:

He was transfixed by the pain in her face

verb

To make a person or animal unable to move or stop looking at something because they are so interested, surprised, or frightened

Примеры использования:

The conference delegates were transfixed by her speech., a body lay in the corner, transfixed by a …

verb

Pierce through (someone or something).

Примеры использования:

With a shower of arrowy death-pangs he transpierced me