LEAN ON A BROKEN REED

Meaning of LEAN ON A BROKEN REED in English

depend on something unreliable, trust something that is unworthy

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REED — I In botany, any of several species of large aquatic Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed …
Английский словарь Британика
REED — I. ˈrēd noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English rede, reod, from Old English hrēod; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BROKEN — I. ˈbrōkən sometimes -k ə ŋ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brocen, from past participle of brecan to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
BROKEN — (v. t.) Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
Английский словарь Webster
BROKEN — (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
Английский словарь Webster
BROKEN — (v. t.) Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken …
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LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKEN — ( v. t. ) Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKEN — ( v. t. ) Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKEN — ( v. t. ) Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
REED — — reedlike , adj. /reed/ , n. 1. the straight stalk of any of various tall grasses, esp. of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BROKEN — — brokenly , adv. — brokenness , n. /broh"keuhn/ , v. 1. pp. of break . adj. 2. reduced to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REED — I. ˈrēd noun Etymology: Middle English rede, from Old English hrēod; akin to Old High German hriot reed Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BROKEN — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brocen, from past participle of brecan to break Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REED — adj red. 2. reed ·noun an arrow, as made of a reed. 3. reed ·noun straw prepared for thatching a …
Webster English vocab
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
Webster English vocab
BROKEN — vt subdued; humbled; contrite. 2. broken ·p.p. of break. 3. broken ·vt subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. 4. …
Webster English vocab
REED — [reed] n [ME rede, fr. OE hreod; akin to OHG hriot reed] (bef. 12c) 1 a: any of various tall …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
REED — Common reed (Phragmites australis) in botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species constituting the …
Britannica English vocabulary
REED — reed, Reed BrE AmE riːd ▷ reeded ˈriːd ɪd -əd ▷ reeding/s ˈriːd ɪŋ/z ▷ reeds riːdz ▶ ˈ reed …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKEN — / ˈbrəʊkən; NAmE ˈbroʊ-/ adjective DAMAGED 1. that has been damaged or injured; no longer whole or working correctly : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REED — I. Reed, Oliver BrE AmE (1938–99) a British actor known especially for drinking alcohol and for his wild uncontrolled behaviour. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BROKEN — I. bro ‧ ken 1 /ˈbrəʊkən $ ˈbroʊ/ BrE AmE the past participle of ↑ break II. broken 2 BrE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
REED — n. & v. --n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BROKEN — past part. of BREAK(1). --adj. 1 that has been broken; out of order. 2 (of a person) reduced to despair; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REED — n. & v. n. 1 a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BROKEN — past part. of BREAK(1). adj. 1 that has been broken; out of order. 2 (of a person) reduced to despair; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
REED — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a any of various water or marsh plants with a firm stem, esp. of …
Oxford English vocab
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
Oxford English vocab
BROKEN — past part. of BREAK(1). --adj. 1. that has been broken; out of order. 2 (of a person) reduced to despair; …
Oxford English vocab
REED — ( reeds) 1. Reeds are tall plants that grow in large groups in shallow water or on ground that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BROKEN — 1. Broken is the past participle of break . 2. A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REED — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bed ▪ The reed beds cost £5 million to develop and cover 12 acres …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BROKEN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REED — [noun] [C] - (the hollow stem of) any of various types of tall stiff grass-like plants growing together in groups …
Cambridge English vocab
REED — n. reed organ reed instrument Reed John Reed Sir Carol Reed Thomas Brackett Reed Walter Reed Willis Reeds Plain of
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
REED — n. In botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses , especially the four species in the genus Phragmites …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
REED — Synonyms and related words : English horn, Pandean pipe, adjutage, aerophone, aftergrass, anthrophore, arrow, arrowhead, aulos, axis, bamboo, barb, basset …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BROKEN — See ↑ BROKEN/NOT BROKEN 1,2,3, ↑ SPEAK 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ get broken
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BROKEN — adj. 25B6; adjective a broken bottle : SMASHED, shattered, fragmented, splintered, crushed, snapped; in bits, in pieces; destroyed, disintegrated; cracked, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
REED — I . Carol Reed (1906–76) an English film director best remembered for his film of the Graham Greene novel The …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — adj. 1 thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BROKEN — adj. 1 fragmented, shattered, shivered, splintered, ruptured, cracked, split, smashed, pulverized, disintegrated, destroyed, demolished A broken Ming vase cannot be …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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