VULTURE


Meaning of VULTURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vʌltʃə(r) ]

( vultures)

1.

A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.

N-COUNT

2.

If you describe a person as a vulture , you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person’s troubles. ( JOURNALISM )

With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.

N-COUNT [ disapproval ]

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