A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

Meaning of A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD in English

see sword

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD — see sword
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD — a device that can help you and hurt you Truth is a double-edged sword. It can imprison me or set …
English Idioms vocab
A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD — a device that can help you and hurt you Truth is a double-edged sword. It can imprison me or set …
English Idioms vocabulary
EDGED — dinaplinan
English-Visayan vocabulary
EDGED — adjective Date: before 12th century having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border or a specified number of edges …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SWORD — Hand weapon consisting of a long metal blade fitted with a handle or hilt. Roman swords had a short, flat …
Английский словарь Британика
SWORD — I. ˈsō(ə)rd, -ȯ(ə)rd, -ōəd, -ȯ(ə)d noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English swerd, sword, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOUBLE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EDGED — ˈejd sometimes ˈejə̇d adjective 1. : having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border black- edged rough- edged scalloped- …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWORD — (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
Английский словарь Webster
SWORD — (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the …
Английский словарь Webster
EDGED — (imp. & p. p.) of Edge
Английский словарь Webster
EDGED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Edge
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SWORD — — swordless , adj. — swordlike , adj. /sawrd, sohrd/ , n. 1. a weapon having various forms but consisting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EDGED — /ejd/ , adj. 1. having an edge or edges (often used in combination): dull-edged; a two-edged sword. 2. sarcastic; cutting: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOUBLE — — doubleness , n. — doubler , n. /dub"euhl/ , adj., n., v., doubled, doubling , adv. adj. 1. twice …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EDGED — adj. having a certain kind of edge, having a number of edges (double-edged, etc.)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DOUBLE — I. ˈdə-bəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French duble, double, from Latin duplus (akin to Greek diploos ), from duo …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWORD — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swert sword Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EDGED — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. : having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border or a specified number …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SWORD — noun the military power of a country. 2. sword ·noun destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. 3. …
Webster English vocab
EDGED — impf & ·p.p. of edge.
Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — adv twice; doubly. 2. double ·noun double beer; strong beer. 3. double ·noun an old term for a variation, as …
Webster English vocab
SWORD — [sword] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE sweord; akin to OHG swert sword] (bef. 12c) 1: a weapon (as a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EDGED — [edged] adj (bef. 12c) 1: having a specified kind of edge, boundary, or border or a specified number of edges …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOUBLE — [dou.ble] adj [ME, fr. OF, fr. L duplus (akin to Gk diploos), fr. duo two + -plus multiplied by; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SWORD — preeminent hand weapon through a long period of history, consisting of a metal blade varying in length, breadth, and configuration, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SWORD — sword BrE AmE sɔːd AmE sɔːrd soʊrd (!) ▷ swords sɔːdz AmE sɔːrdz soʊrdz ▶ ˈ sword dance, ˈ sword …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
-EDGED — -edged BrE AmE ˈedʒd ▷ — blunt-edged ˌblʌnt ˈedʒd ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DOUBLE — doubl|e BrE AmE ˈdʌb ə l ▷ doubl|ed d ▷ doubl|es z ▷ doubl|ing ‿ɪŋ ▷ doubl|y ‿i ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SWORD — / sɔːd; NAmE sɔːrd/ noun a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle : to draw / sheathe …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — / ˈdʌbl; NAmE / adjective , determiner , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective [ usually before noun ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SWORD — sword /sɔːd $ sɔːrd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sweord ] 1 . a weapon …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOUBLE — I. doub ‧ le 1 S1 W2 /ˈdʌb ə l/ BrE AmE adjective [usually before noun] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SWORD — n. 1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SWORD — n. 1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SWORD — n.1 a weapon usu. of metal with a long blade and hilt with a handguard, used esp. for thrusting or …
Oxford English vocab
DOUBLE — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a consisting of two usu. equal parts or things; twofold. b consisting of …
Oxford English vocab
SWORD — ( swords) 1. A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade. N-COUNT 2. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-EDGED — -edged combines with words such as ‘sharp’, ‘raw’, and ‘dark’ to form adjectives which indicate that something such as a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EDGED — If something is edged with a particular thing, that thing forms a border around it. ...a large lawn edged with …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOUBLE — ( doubles, doubling, doubled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EDGED — If something is ~ with a particular thing, that thing forms a border around it. ...a large lawn ~ with …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
-EDGED — ~ combines with words such as ‘sharp’, ‘raw’, and ‘dark’ to form adjectives which indicate that something such as a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SWORD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a knife/sword fight ▪ There have been several arrests, following knife fights between drunken fans. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOUBLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a double bed (= a bed for two people ) ▪ Would you like …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SWORD — [noun] [C] - a weapon with a long sharp metal blade and a handle, used esp. in the pastSir Lancelot …
Cambridge English vocab
EDGED — [adjective] [not gradable]He bought a white table cloth edged with a pretty pattern. (= with a pattern around the outside)a …
Cambridge English vocab
DOUBLE — [verb]The government aims to double the number of students in higher education within 25 years. [T]Company profits have doubled since …
Cambridge English vocab
SWORD — n. Hand weapon consisting of a long metal blade fitted with a handle or hilt. Roman swords had a short, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOUBLE — Synonyms and related words : Doppelganger, Janus-like, Machiavellian, Photostat, Xerox, aberrancy, aberration, accelerate, act for, actual thing, agent, aggravate, alternate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — n. double barreled double cross double dealer double dealing double distilled double dog dare double dome double dyed double edged …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOUBLE — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: TWOFOLD 1, bifold, binary, double-barreled, dual, dualistic, duple, duplex 2 Synonyms: TWIN , dual, paired …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SWORD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp ▪ double-edged , two-edged ( both figurative ) ▪ The potential financial …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SWORD — n. 25B6; noun a ceremonial sword : BLADE, foil, épée, cutlass, rapier, sabre, scimitar; poetic/literary brand. 25A0; cross swords QUARREL, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOUBLE — adj. 1 twofold, paired, coupled, duplicate(d), doubled The forms banned and banning are spelt with a double n 2 folded …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SWORD — сущ. 1) меч; шпага, рапира; палаш; шашка; сабля to cross, measure swords with smb. ≈ начать борьбу; скрестить мечи/шпаги с …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EDGED — острый, окаймленный - edged board окаймленный, обведенный, окруженный имеющий острие, заостренный; режущий колкий (о замечании и т. п.) (сленг) пьяный
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOUBLE — 1. сущ. 1) двойное количество 12 is the double of 6. ≈ 12 в два раза больше 6. 2) комната, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EDGED — Окаймленный
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SWORD — sword.ogg sɔ:d n 1. меч; шпага ( тж. court sword, dress sword); рапира ( тж. duelling sword, small sword); шашка; …
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