Vertical - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

noun

An attempt to deceive someone into believing that one can or is going to do something.

Примеры использования:

The offer was denounced as a bluff

verb

Try to deceive someone as to one's abilities or intentions.

Примеры использования:

He's been bluffing all along

adjective

Direct in speech or behaviour but in a good-natured way.

Примеры использования:

A big, bluff, hearty man

adjective

Rigidly upright or straight.

Примеры использования:

She stood erect with her arms by her sides

verb

Put together and set upright (a building, wall, or other structure).

Примеры использования:

The guest house was erected in the eighteenth century

verb

To build a building or other structure

Примеры использования:

They decided to erect a bridge across the niagara gorge., they’re erecting a big circus tent., erec…

adjective

At an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface or to the ground.

Примеры использования:

Dormers and gables that extend perpendicular to the main roofline

noun

A straight line at an angle of 90° to a given line, plane, or surface.

Примеры использования:

At each division draw a perpendicular representing the surface line

adjective

At an angle of 90° to another line or surface

Примеры использования:

Two perpendicular lines form a right angle., the cliff was nearly perpendicular and impossible to c…

verb

Measure (the depth of a body of water).

Примеры использования:

I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down

noun

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Примеры использования:

He traces a line in white paint along the wall beyond the leaves, then drops a plumb from a cord st…

adverb

Exactly.

Примеры использования:

Trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central europe

adjective

Dangerously high or steep.

Примеры использования:

The track skirted a precipitous drop

adjective

Very steep, or falling a long way very fast

Примеры использования:

Precipitous cliffs, new fads could result in a precipitous drop in sales.

adjective

If a reduction is precipitous, it happens very suddenly and is very big

Примеры использования:

A precipitous decline/drop/fall the company has seen a precipitous decline in advertising revenue.,…

adjective

(especially of something unwelcome) flourishing or spreading unchecked.

Примеры использования:

Political violence was rampant

adjective

Happening a lot or becoming worse, usually in a way that is out of control

Примеры использования:

Weeds are growing rampant in the garden.

adjective

Used to describe something bad that gets worse very quickly and in an uncontrolled way

Примеры использования:

Corruption and fraud are rampant in the war-stricken area., rampant inflation/commercialism/consume…

adjective

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

Примеры использования:

Cut the cake with a very sharp knife

adverb

Precisely (used after an expression of time).

Примеры использования:

The meeting starts at 7.30 sharp

noun

A musical note raised a semitone above natural pitch.

Примеры использования:

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

adjective

Nothing other than; unmitigated (used for emphasis).

Примеры использования:

She giggled with sheer delight

adverb

Perpendicularly.

Примеры использования:

The ridge fell sheer, in steep crags

noun

A very fine or diaphanous fabric or article.

Примеры использования:

I put up the new curtains and sheers

noun

Position, status, or reputation.

Примеры использования:

Their standing in the community

adjective

(of a jump or a start in a running race) performed from rest or an upright position, without a run-up or the use of starting blocks.

Примеры использования:

I took a standing jump

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Примеры использования:

Lionel stood in the doorway

adjective

(of a slope, flight of stairs, or angle) rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.

Примеры использования:

She pushed the bike up the steep hill

noun

A steep mountain slope.

Примеры использования:

Hair-raising steeps

verb

Soak (food or tea) in water or other liquid so as to extract its flavour or to soften it.

Примеры использования:

The chillies are steeped in olive oil

adjective

Set or turned on its end or upside down.

Примеры использования:

An upended box

verb

Set or turn (something) on its end or upside down.

Примеры использования:

She upended a can of soup over the portions

verb

Past simple and past participle of upend

Примеры использования:

She upended the chessboard halfway through the game because she was losing.

adjective

(of a person) sitting or standing with the back straight.

Примеры использования:

An upright posture

adverb

In or into an upright position.

Примеры использования:

She was sitting upright in bed

noun

A post or rod fixed vertically, especially as a structural support.

Примеры использования:

The stone uprights of the parapet

adjective

Honest; respectable.

Примеры использования:

An upstanding member of the community

adjective

Extremely high or steep.

Примеры использования:

Vertiginous drops to the valleys below

adjective

Causing or experiencing the feeling that everything is spinning around

Примеры использования:

The two skyscrapers were connected by a vertiginous walkway.