BLARNEY STONE

Meaning of BLARNEY STONE in English

a famous stone on the outside wall of Blarney Castle in County Cork, Ireland. It is supposed to give any person who kisses it the ability to speak well and skilfully, and the power to persuade people.

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BLARNEY STONE — a stone in Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland, said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLARNEY STONE — ˈBlarney ˌStone, the BrE AmE a stone in the wall of Blarney Castle in the Republic of Ireland. People believe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLARNEY STONE — [Folklore] To kiss the Blarney Stone. In the wall of Blarney Castle (near Cork) about twenty feet from the top …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
BLARNEY STONE — "Бларни стоун" Популярный ирландский пивной бар в г. Нью-Йорке
BLARNEY STONE — "Бларни стоун" Популярный ирландский пивной бар в г. Нью-Йорке
BLARNEY — geographical name town SW Ireland in central County Cork population 1952
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE — I In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Английский словарь Британика
BLARNEY — Village (pop., 1995 est.: 3,000), County Cork, Ireland. Situated northwest of the city of Cork , it is famous as …
Английский словарь Британика
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun ( -s ; see sense 3 ) Etymology: Middle English stan, ston, stoon, from Old English stān; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLARNEY — I. ˈblärnē, -ȧn-, -ni verb ( blarneyed ; blarneyed ; blarneying ; blarneys ) transitive verb : to influence or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLARNEY — (v. t.) To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.
Английский словарь Webster
BLARNEY — (n.) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.
Английский словарь Webster
BLARNEY — ( v. t. ) To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLARNEY — ( n. ) Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STONE — — stonable, stoneable , adj. — stoneless , adj. — stonelessness , n. — stonelike , adj. — stoner , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLARNEY — /blahr"nee/ , n. , v. , blarneyed, blarneying . n. 1. flattering or wheedling talk; cajolery. 2. deceptive or misleading …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLARNEY — v. flatter; wheedle
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLARNEY — n. flattery, blandishment; nonsense, insincere talk
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STONE — I. ˈstōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stān; akin to Old High German stein stone, Old Church Slavic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLARNEY — geographical name town SW Ireland in central County Cork population 1952
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLARNEY — noun Etymology: Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
BLARNEY — noun smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. 2. blarney ·vt to influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or …
Webster English vocab
BLARNEY — ■ noun talk intended to be charming or persuasive (often considered typical of Irish people). Origin C18: named after Blarney …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STONE — [stone] n (bef. 12c) 1: a concretion of earthy or mineral matter: a (1): such a concretion of indeterminate size …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLARNEY — [blar.ney] n [Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland, held to bestow skill in flattery on those …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLARNEY — Irish An Bhlarna village, County Cork, Ireland, 5 mi (8 km) northwest of Cork city, famous for Blarney Castle (c. …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLARNEY — blarney, B~ BrE AmE ˈblɑːn i AmE ˈblɑːrn i ▷ blarney|ed d ▷ blarney|s z ▷ blarney|ing ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STONE — / stəʊn; NAmE stoʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun HARD SUBSTANCE 1. [ U ] (often used before nouns or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLARNEY — / ˈblɑːni; NAmE ˈblɑːrni/ noun [ U ] ( informal ) talk that is friendly and amusing but probably not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STONE — I. stone 1 S2 W1 /stəʊn $ stoʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ stoned , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLARNEY — blar ‧ ney /ˈblɑːni $ -ɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] informal [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Blarney Stone, large piece …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLARNEY — n. & v. --n. 1 cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. --v. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. flatter (a person) with blarney. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STONE — n. & v. n. 1 a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLARNEY — n. & v. n. 1 cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. v. (-eys, -eyed) 1 tr. flatter (a person) with blarney. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a solid non-metallic mineral matter, of which rock is made. b a piece of this, …
Oxford English vocab
BLARNEY — n. & v. --n. 1. cajoling talk; flattery. 2 nonsense. --v. (-eys, -eyed) 1. tr. flatter (a person) with blarney. …
Oxford English vocab
STONE — ( stones, stoning, stoned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The plural …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLARNEY — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLARNEY — Blarney is things someone says that are flattering and amusing but probably untrue, and which you think they are only …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
STONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a brick/stone/wooden building ▪ The farmhouse is a long stone building about a century …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLARNEY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Granted, the casual observer may dismiss this as impenetrable blarney . ▪ No more fuss …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLARNEY — [noun] [U] - words that are charming nonsense, intended to please or deceiveHe's got a good line in blarney, but …
Cambridge English vocab
STONE — n. bird stone Black Stone of Mecca kidney stone Middle Stone Age New Stone Age Old Stone Age Rosetta Stone …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — n. In building construction, rock cut into blocks and slabs or broken into pieces. It comes as hard as granite …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLARNEY — n. Village (pop., 1995 est.: 3,000), County Cork, Ireland. Situated northwest of the city of Cork , it is famous …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLARNEY — He has licked the blarney stone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. The blarney stone is …
Slang English vocab
STONE — I. noun 1 hard solid substance ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ hard ▪ rough , smooth ▪ weathered ▪ carved ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник; драгоценный камень to hurl, throw a stone ≈ бросить камень foundation stone paving stone …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BLARNEY — 1. сущ. лесть, подхалимство, низкопоклонство Syn : flattery, adulation 2. гл. обманывать лестью; льстить (разговорное) сладкие речи, лесть (разговорное) обманывать, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — stone.ogg 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BLARNEY — blarney.ogg 1. ʹblɑ:nı n разг. сладкие речи, лесть 2. ʹblɑ:nı v разг. обманывать, уговаривать лестью, льстить
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" ( дефект …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
STONE — 1) камень || облицовывать камнем; выстилать камнем 2) оселок; абразивный брусок || править [доводить] на оселке 3) "камень" (дефект стекла) 4) жернов, жерновой …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
STONE — 1) бутовой 2) жерновой камень 3) каменный 4) каменосечный 5) камень 6) камне 7) косточка 8) полевой 9) стоуновский • bronek stone ballasting — балластировка щебнем cut stone to size — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STONE — 1. stəʋn n 1. 1> камень meteoric stone - аэролит, каменный метеорит a road covered with stones - дорога, покрытая …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) камень, булыжник to hurl, throw a stone — бросить камень - foundation stone - paving stone б) камень (как материал), брусчатка a house …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
STONE — 1) (строительный) камень (обычно больше чем 254 мм, но меньше, чем 604 мм) 2) оселок, абразивный брусок 3) каменный 4) обкладывать камнем; выстилать …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
STONE — камень stones per carat — число алмазов на карат (единица измерения величины или зернистости алмазов) - asphaltic stone - blunt stone - blunt-edge stone - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь по нефти и газу
STONE — камень; каменный блок - abutment stone - apex stone - arch stone - artificial stone - bond stone - border …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
STONE — I adj sl He's a stone genius — Он настоящий гений II adv infml esp AmE The man was stone blind — Мужчина …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов

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