SHORTEN SAIL

Meaning of SHORTEN SAIL in English

phrasal

: to reduce the extent of sail (as by reefing or furling)

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SHORTEN SAIL — partially take in the sails, partially lower sails
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHORTEN SAIL — замедлить ход, убавлять паруса
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORTEN SAIL — замедлить ход, убавлять паруса
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHORTEN — acurtar, abreviar
English interlingue dictionary
SHORTEN — muban
English-Visayan vocabulary
SHORTEN — verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to reduce the length or duration of, to cause to seem …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SAIL — I. ˈsāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ; see sense 1b ) Etymology: Middle English seil, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORTEN — ˈshȯrt ə n, -ȯ(ə)t ə n verb ( shortened ; shortened ; shortening -t( ə )niŋ ; shortens ) Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORTEN — (v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic …
Английский словарь Webster
SHORTEN — (a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to …
Английский словарь Webster
SHORTEN — (a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to …
Английский словарь Webster
SHORTEN — ( a. ) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORTEN — ( a. ) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORTEN — — shortener , n. /shawr"tn/ , v.t. 1. to make short or shorter. 2. to reduce, decrease, take in, etc.: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAIL — — sailable , adj. — sailless , adj. /sayl/ , n. 1. an area of canvas or other fabric extended …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SAIL — I. ˈsāl, as last element in compounds often səl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English segl; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORTEN — verb ( short·ened ; short·en·ing ˈshȯrt-niŋ, ˈshȯr-t ə n-iŋ) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to reduce the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORTEN — adj to make deficient (as to); to deprive; with of. 2. shorten ·adj to make short or friable, as …
Webster English vocab
SAIL — noun a wing; a van. 2. sail ·noun to set sail; to begin a voyage. 3. sail ·noun the extended …
Webster English vocab
SHORTEN — [short.en] vb short.ened ; short.en.ing vt (14c) 1 a: to reduce the length or duration of b: to cause to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAIL — [sail] n [ME, fr. OE segl; akin to OHG segal sail] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): an extent of fabric …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SAIL — an extent of fabric (such as canvas) by means of which wind is used to propel a ship through water. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHORTEN — shorten BrE AmE ˈʃɔːt ə n AmE \ ˈʃɔːrt ə n ▷ shorten|ed d ▷ shorten|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ shorten|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SHORTEN — / ˈʃɔːtn; NAmE ˈʃɔːrtn/ verb shorten (sth to sth) to make sth shorter; to become shorter : [ vn ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAIL — / seɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. ( of a boat or ship or the people on …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORTEN — short ‧ en /ˈʃɔːtn $ ˈʃɔːrtn/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ short , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAIL — I. sail 1 S3 /seɪl/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] to travel on or across …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of material (orig. canvas, now usu. nylon etc.) extended on rigging to catch …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a piece of material (orig. canvas, now usu. nylon etc.) extended on rigging to catch …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a piece of material (orig. canvas, now usu. nylon etc.) extended on rigging to catch …
Oxford English vocab
SHORTEN — ( shortens, shortening, shortened) 1. If you shorten an event or the length of time that something lasts, or if …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SAIL — ( sails, sailing, sailed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Sails are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORTEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN length ▪ This opens the weave, shortens the length and opens up the diameter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SAIL
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHORTEN — [verb]As you grow older, your spine shortens by about an inch. [I]I've asked him to shorten my grey trousers. [T]The …
Cambridge English vocab
SAIL — Synonyms and related words : aeroplane, airlift, airplane, balloon, balloon sail, batten, be airborne, be effortless, be painless, boat, boltrope, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORTEN — v. Function: verb to reduce in extent (as of length or duration) FF1C; decided to shorten their visit FF1E; FF1C; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHORTEN — verb to reduce in extent (as of length or duration) decided to shorten their visit shorten a skirt for summer …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORTEN — verb ADVERB ▪ considerably , dramatically , drastically , greatly , significantly ▪ The course has now been ~ed considerably. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SAIL — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ main (usually mainsail ) ▪ canvas VERB + SAIL ▪ hoist , raise , rig ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SAIL — n. 25B6; noun the ship's sails : canvas. See list. 25B6; verb we sailed across the Atlantic : VOYAGE, travel …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHORTEN — v. 1 cut, curtail, cut off or down or short, reduce, diminish, trim; lop off, dock, prune; hem Please shorten …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SAIL — v. 1 navigate, pilot, steer Sail as close to the shore as possible to avoid the whirlpool 2 go sailing …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHORTEN — гл. 1) сокращать(ся), укорачивать(ся) Syn : abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut Ant : enlarge, extend 2) добавлять к тесту жир для …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SAIL — 1. сущ. 1) а) парус, паруса to furl, take in a sail ≈ убирать парус to let out the sails …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHORTEN — shorten.ogg ʹʃɔ:tn v 1. 1> укорачивать, сокращать to shorten a rope - укорачивать верёвку to shorten working time a story, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SAIL — sail.ogg 1. seıl n 1. парус to strike to lower, to trim sail(s) - убирать паруса to hoist /to set/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SAIL — 1) парус 2) парусное судно 3) идти под парусами • - drag sail - fore sail - fore-and-aft sail - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SAIL — 1) парус 2) парусное судно 3) идти под парусами • - drag sail - fore sail - fore-and-aft sail - interstellar sail - jib sail - laser-driven sail - light …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SHORTEN — укорачивать, сокращать shorten delivery dates — сокращать срок поставки
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHORTEN — shorten гл.1) а) уменьшать, урезать, сокращать (время, длительность, продолжительность) to shorten delivery dates — сокращать сроки поставки to shorten their …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SAIL — sail сущ.1) а) парус, паруса to furl, take in a sail — убирать парус to let out the sails — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHORTEN — v 1. 1> укорачивать, сокращать to shorten a rope - укорачивать верёвку to shorten working time a story, a lecture …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SAIL — 1. seıl n 1. парус to strike to lower, to trim sail(s) - убирать паруса to hoist /to set/ sail …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHORTEN — гл. 1) а) уменьшать, урезать, сокращать ( время, длительность, продолжительность ) to shorten delivery dates — сокращать сроки поставки to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SAIL — 1. сущ. 1) а) парус, паруса to furl, take in a sail — убирать парус to let out the sails …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHORTEN — гл. 1) а) уменьшать, урезать, сокращать (время, длительность, продолжительность) to shorten delivery dates — сокращать сроки поставки to shorten their stay at the castle …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SAIL — 1. сущ. 1) а) парус, паруса to furl, take in a sail — убирать парус to let out the sails — распускать паруса to reduce, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SAIL — 1. _n. 1> парус(а); to carry sail - нести паруса (о корабле); to shorten sail - убавлять паруса; _перен. замедлить …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SAIL — 1. n. 1. парус(а); to carry sail - нести паруса (о корабле); to shorten sail - убавлять паруса; перен. замедлить …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SAIL — 1. _n. 1> парус(а); to hoist (или to make) sail ставить паруса; _перен. уходить, убираться восвояси; it's time to hoist …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SAIL — сущ. парус, парусное судно - a set of sails - fore topgallant sail - fore-and-aft sail - gaff-sail boom - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
SAIL — 1) парус 2) плыть под парусами 3) плавать 4) отправляться в море - about to sail - sail afore the …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SHORTEN — гл. 1) сокращать(ся), укорачивать(ся) Syn : abbreviate, abridge, curtail, cut Ant : enlarge, extend 2) добавлять к тесту жир для …
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