SLING


Meaning of SLING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ slɪŋ ]

( slings, slinging, slung)

1.

If you sling something somewhere, you throw it there carelessly.

I saw him take off his anorak and sling it into the back seat.

= fling

VERB : V n prep / adv

2.

If you sling something over your shoulder or over something such as a chair, you hang it there loosely.

She slung her coat over her desk chair...

He had a small green rucksack slung over one shoulder.

VERB : V n prep , V n prep

3.

If a rope, blanket, or other object is slung between two points, someone has hung it loosely between them.

...two long poles with a blanket slung between them...

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed prep

4.

A sling is an object made of ropes, straps, or cloth that is used for carrying things.

They used slings of rope to lower us from one set of arms to another.

N-COUNT

5.

A sling is a piece of cloth which supports someone’s broken or injured arm and is tied round their neck.

She was back at work with her arm in a sling.

N-COUNT

6.

see also mud-slinging

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне.