LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK

Meaning of LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK in English

search for something that is almost impossible to find

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK — See: NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK.
Slang English vocab
LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK — See: NEEDLE IN A HAY STACK.
Словарь английских идиом
LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK — заниматься безнадежным делом, искать иголку в стоге сена
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LOOK FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK — заниматься безнадежным делом, искать иголку в стоге сена
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — noun Date: 15th century a stack of hay, a vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NEEDLE — I. ˈnēd ə l noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English looken, loken, from Old English lōcian; akin to Middle Dutch loeken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English haystak, from hay, hey hay + stak stack — more at hay , stack : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — (n.) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Английский словарь Webster
HAYSTACK — ( n. ) A stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NEEDLE — — needlelike , adj. /need"l/ , n. , v. , needled, needling . n. 1. a small, slender, rodlike instrument, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOOK — /look/ , v.i. 1. to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — /hay"stak'/ , n. a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — n. pile of hay with a conical top
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NEEDLE — I. ˈnē-d ə l noun Etymology: Middle English nedle, from Old English nǣdl; akin to Old High German nādala needle, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOOK — I. ˈlu̇k verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lōcian; akin to Old Saxon lōcōn to look Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — noun Date: 15th century 1. : a stack of hay 2. : a vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NEEDLE — vi to form needles; to crystallize in the form of needles. 2. needle ·noun ·see magnetic needle, under magnetic. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LOOK — vt to expect. 2. look ·vt to express or manifest by a look. 3. look ·vt to look at; to …
Webster English vocab
HAYSTACK — noun a stack or conical pile of hay in the open air.
Webster English vocab
HAYSTACK — ■ noun a large packed pile of hay.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LOOK — [look] vb [ME, fr. OE locian; akin to OS locon to look] vt (bef. 12c) 1: to make sure or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAYSTACK — [hay.stack] n (15c) 1: a stack of hay 2: a vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAYSTACK — haystack BrE AmE ˈheɪ stæk ▷ haystack|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NEEDLE — / ˈniːdl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C ] FOR SEWING 1. a small thin piece of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — / lʊk; NAmE / verb , noun , exclamation ■ verb USE EYES 1. [ v ] look (at sb/sth) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — / ˈheɪstæk; NAmE / (also less frequent hay·rick / ˈheɪrɪk; NAmE /) noun a large pile of hay , used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEEDLE — I. nee ‧ dle 1 /ˈniːdl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nædl ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LOOK — I. look 1 S1 W1 /lʊk/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: locian ] 1 . SEE …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAYSTACK — hay ‧ stack /ˈheɪstæk/ BrE AmE ( also hayrick ) noun [countable] a large, firmly built pile of hay ⇨ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NEEDLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a very thin small piece of smooth steel etc. pointed at one end and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAYSTACK — n. a packed pile of hay with a pointed or ridged top.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NEEDLE — n. & v. n. 1 a a very thin small piece of smooth steel etc. pointed at one end and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LOOK — v., n., & int. v. 1 a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — n. a packed pile of hay with a pointed or ridged top.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NEEDLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a very thin small piece of smooth steel etc. pointed at one end and …
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — v., n., & int. --v. 1. a intr. (often foll. by at) use one's sight; turn one's eyes in some …
Oxford English vocab
HAYSTACK — n. a packed pile of hay with a pointed or ridged top.
Oxford English vocab
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND /lʊk/ ( looks, looking, looked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NEEDLE — ( needles, needling, needled) 1. A needle is a small, very thin piece of polished metal which is used for …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAYSTACK — ( haystacks) 1. A haystack is a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOOK — I. USING YOUR EYES OR YOUR MIND (~s, ~ing, ~ed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HAYSTACK — (~s) 1. A ~ is a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect it, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NEEDLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES get pins and needles ▪ I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOOK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — noun PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES like looking for a needle in a haystack EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And getting a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — [noun] [C] - a large pile of hay in a field
Cambridge English vocab
LOOK — Synonyms and related words : NB, admire, air, angle, angle for, animadvert, anticipate, appear, appear like, appearance, ask for, aspect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAYSTACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — See: NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.
Slang English vocab
LOOK — n. look at look upon look into look down look in look out look up side look good looking ill …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NEEDLE — noun 1 for sewing, knitting, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ blunt ▪ sharp ▪ fine ▪ darning , embroidery , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOOK — I. noun 1 act of looking at/considering sth ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ brief , cursory , quick ▪ careful , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LOOK
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — See ↑ EXPRESSION ON SB'S FACE 1, ↑ LOOK 1,9,10, ↑ SEEM 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ can't look sb in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LOOK — n. 25B6; verb Mrs Wright looked at him : GLANCE, gaze, stare, gape, peer; peep, peek, take a look; watch, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAYSTACK — A vertical standing wave in turbulent river waters.
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
LOOK — v. 1 Usually, look at. see, observe, consider, contemplate, regard, view, survey, inspect, scrutinize, study, scan; pay attention, attend, notice, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

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