An official of a political party appointed to maintain parliamentary discipline among its members, especially so as to ensure attendance and voting in debates.
Примеры использования:
It is almost certain that a government with a decent parliamentary majority will win this as the bi…
noun
A dessert consisting of cream or eggs beaten into a light fluffy mass with fruit, chocolate, or other ingredients.
Примеры использования:
The fritters and walnut whip are now ready to be enjoyed.
noun
A slender, unbranched shoot or plant.
Примеры использования:
Each spring, bunches of whips grow out of these branches and away from the wall toward the sun.
noun
A scythe for cutting specified crops.
Примеры использования:
A grass whip
noun
A rope-and-pulley hoisting apparatus.
Примеры использования:
You can shorten the pulley whip down to 350mm although most that i know of go to about 400.
noun
A car.
Примеры использования:
I just got new wheels for my whip
verb
Short for whipper-in.
verb
Beat (a person or animal) with a whip or similar instrument, especially as a punishment or to urge them on.
Примеры использования:
Lewis whipped the boy twenty times
Синонимы:
FlogScourgeFlagellateLashBirchSwitchTanStrapBeltCaneThrashBeatLeatherTan/whip someone's hideGive someone a hiding
verb
Move fast or suddenly in a specified direction.
Примеры использования:
He whipped round to face them
Синонимы:
DashRushRaceRunSprintBoltDartGallopCareerChargeShootHurtleHareBoundFlySpeedStreakZoomPlungeDiveWhiskScurryScuttleScamperScrambleTearBeltPeltScootZapZipStep on i
verb
Beat (cream, eggs, or other food) into a froth.
Примеры использования:
You can whip melted chocolate like cream, the fat and the lecithin acting as a stabilizer for the f…
Синонимы:
WhiskBeatMixStir
verb
Steal (something).
Примеры использования:
The escaper had whipped his overcoat
Синонимы:
StealPurloinThieveTakeTake for oneselfHelp oneself toLootPilferAbscond withRun off withAppropriateAbstractCarry offShopliftEmbezzleMisappropriateWalk off/away withRun away/of
verb
Bind (something) with spirally wound twine.
Примеры использования:
The side linings are whipped or hemmed
noun
An instrument with a handle and a flexible lash
noun
A piece of leather or rope fastened to a stick, used to train and control animals or, esp. in the past, to hit people
Примеры использования:
The trainer cracked his whip, and the lions sat in a circle., [ m ] they whipped my plate away befo…
Middle English: probably from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wippen ‘swing, leap, dance’, from a Germanic base meaning ‘move quickly’. The noun is partly from the verb, reinforced by Midd
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A slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
Примеры использования:
Police want to identify areas where the western hemlock (tsuga heterophylla) and the birch tree gro…
verb
Beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment.
Примеры использования:
The school would attempt to birch them into submission
noun
A tree with a smooth, often white bark (= outer covering), or the wood of this tree
An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
Примеры использования:
He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father
verb
Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.
Примеры использования:
The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge
noun
A job for which you are trained and in which it is possible to advance during your working life, so that you get greater responsibility and earn more money
Примеры использования:
He’s hoping for a career in social work., she left college to pursue an acting career., the bus car…
A small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractable claws. it is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice, and many breeds have been developed.
Примеры использования:
Domestic cats may breed much more frequently, as often as 3 times a year, as they are not typically…
verb
Raise (an anchor) from the surface of the water to the cathead.
Примеры использования:
I kept her off the wind and sailing free until i had the anchor catted
(of a bird, bat, or insect) move through the air using wings.
Примеры использования:
Close the door or the moths will fly in
noun
An opening at the crotch of a pair of trousers, closed with a zip or buttons and typically covered with a flap.
Примеры использования:
Interesting alternatives are velcro straps or, if the shorts fit perfectly, stylish button flies.
noun
A flying insect of a large order characterized by a single pair of transparent wings and sucking (and often also piercing) mouthparts. flies are of great importance as vectors of disease.
Примеры использования:
Almost 40 years ago ed lewis discovered a remarkable fly that differs from an ordinary fly by one e…
Combine or put together to form one substance or mass.
Примеры использования:
Peppercorns are sometimes mixed with other spices
noun
Two or more different qualities, things, or people placed, combined, or considered together.
Примеры использования:
The decor is a fascinating mix of antique and modern
verb
To combine different substances, esp. so that the result cannot easily be separated into its parts, or to cause different substances to combine in this way
Примеры использования:
[ i ] oil and water don’t mix., [ t ] mix two eggs into the flour., [ t ] he mixed the blue paint w…
A competition between runners, horses, vehicles, etc. to see which is the fastest in covering a set course.
Примеры использования:
Hill started from pole position and won the race
verb
Compete with another or others to see who is fastest at covering a set course or achieving an objective.
Примеры использования:
The vet took blood samples from the horses before they raced
noun
Each of the major groupings into which humankind is considered (in various theories or contexts) to be divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.
A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.
Примеры использования:
There was a rush for the door
noun
An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.
Примеры использования:
Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.
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
A device consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them, used to fasten garments, bags, and other items.
Примеры использования:
Miss stephenson was wearing black baggy knee-length combat trousers covered in zips and chains, and…
