TILTED AT WINDMILLS

Meaning of TILTED AT WINDMILLS in English

fought for nothing, wasted energy

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AT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AT — I. ət, (ˈ)at, usu -d.+V preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English æt; akin to Old High German az at, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILTED — adjective : taken with an aerial camera having the film plane out-of-parallel with the ground plane
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILTED — (imp. & p. p.) of Tilt
Английский словарь Webster
TILTED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Tilt
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TILTED — adj. atilt, leaning, tipped, canted, slanted
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TILTED — impf & ·p.p. of tilt.
Webster English vocab
AT — prep the relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first. 2. at …
Webster English vocab
AT — at S1 W1 /ət; strong æt/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æt ] 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AT — 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
TILTED — v. Function: adjective Synonyms: INCLINED 3, inclining, leaning, oblique, pitched, pitching, sloped, sloping, tilting, tipped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TILTED — adjective Synonyms: inclined 3, inclining, leaning, oblique, pitched, pitching, sloped, sloping, tilting, tipped
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TILTED — titled
Anagrams English vocabulary
WINDMILLS — Ветряные
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED — накрененный, наклоненный - tilted antenna Наклоненный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WINDMILLS — Ветряки
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED — Наклоненный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED — Наклонен
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AT — at.ogg æt (полная форма); ət (редуцированная форма) prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TILTED — накрененный, наклоненный - tilted antenna
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
AT — prep 1. в пространственном значении указывает на 1> нахождение около какого-л. предмета у, около at the door the window, the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I æt ( полная форма ); ət ( редуцированная форма ) предл. 1) ( самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AT — I [‡«] (полная форма); [†«] (редуцированная форма) at.wav предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
AT — _prep. 1> в пространств. значении указывает на а> местонахождение в, на, у, при; б> движение в определенном направлении в, к, …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TILTED — наклонный
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
WINDMILLS — Ветряные
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED — накрененный, наклоненный - tilted antenna Наклоненный
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AT — I (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) предл. 1) (самое общее значение нахождения в некоторой точке пространства) у, в, за, на He …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED — наклонять наклонный
Англо-Русский словарь
TILTED STORM OR TILTED UPDRAFT — A thunderstorm or cloud tower which is not purely vertical but instead exhibits a slanted or tilted character. It is …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
TILTED STORM OR TILTED UPDRAFT — A thunderstorm or cloud tower which is not purely vertical but instead exhibits a slanted or tilted character. It is …
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather
TILT AT WINDMILLS — phrasal Etymology: so called fr. the episode in Don Quijote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote battles with a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILT AT WINDMILLS — attack imaginary enemies. [with allusion to the story of Don Quixote tilting at windmills, believing they were giants.] → tilt
Concise Oxford English vocab
TILT AT WINDMILLS — to waste your energy attacking imaginary enemies ORIGIN: From Cervantes' novel Don Quixote , in which the hero thought that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ran full tilt ▪ She ran full tilt into his arms. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TILT AT WINDMILLS — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy …
Slang English vocab
TILT AT WINDMILLS — {v. phr.}, {literary} To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). * /John is a nice guy …
Словарь английских идиом
TILT AT WINDMILLS — v. phr. , literary To do battle with an imaginary foe (after Cervantes' Don Quixote). John is a nice guy …
American Idioms English vocabulary
TILT AT WINDMILLS — воевать с ветряными мельницами You are tilting at windmills, we are all for you.
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
WINDMILL — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English windmulle, from wind (I) + mille, mulle mill 1. a. : a mill operated …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILT — I. ˈtilt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English tulten, tilten; akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian, tealtrian to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIP-TILT — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to tilt or turn up at the tip — usually used in past part. the scales …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILT HAMMER — () A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers …
Английский словарь Webster
STRIKE (47) — (n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to …
Английский словарь Webster
TILT HAMMER — A tilted hammer; a heavy hammer, used in iron works, which is lifted or tilted by projections or wipers on …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TILT — tilt 1 — tiltable , adj. — tilter , n. /tilt/ , v.t. 1. to cause to lean, incline, slope, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WINDMILL — I. ˈwin(d)-ˌmil noun Date: 14th century 1. a. : a mill or machine operated by the wind usually acting on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TILT — ■ verb 1》 move into a sloping position. ↘move (a camera) in a vertical plane. 2》 ( ~ at ) …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WINDMILL — [wind.mill] n (14c) 1 a: a mill or machine operated by the wind usu. acting on oblique vanes or sails …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WINDMILL — device for tapping the energy of the wind by means of sails mounted on a rotating shaft. The sails are …
Britannica English vocabulary
TURBINE — any of various devices that convert the energy in a stream of fluid into mechanical energy. The conversion is generally …
Britannica English vocabulary
NETHERLANDS, THE
Britannica English vocabulary
FENS — also called Fenland, natural region of about 15,500 sq mi (40,100 sq km) of reclaimed marshland in eastern England, extending …
Britannica English vocabulary
TILT — / tɪlt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to move, or make …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILT — I. tilt 1 /tɪlt/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TILT — ( tilts, tilting, tilted) 1. If you tilt an object or if it tilts , it moves into a sloping …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WITH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WINDMILL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB tilt ▪ But Woodhead's art was to tilt at windmills . ▪ Commitment and …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UP
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIME
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TAKE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

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