EMPTY NESTER

Meaning of EMPTY NESTER in English

■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. a parent whose children have grown up and left home.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

EMPTY NESTER — noun Date: 1962 a parent whose children have grown and moved away from home
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMPTY NESTER — noun : a parent whose children have grown up and moved away from home
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY NESTER — a parent whose child or children have reached adulthood and moved away from home. [ empty nest + -ER 1 …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY NESTER — noun Date: 1962 : a parent whose children have grown and moved away from home
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY NESTER — [empty nest.er] n (1962): a parent whose children have grown and moved away from home
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY NESTER — noun [ usually pl. ] a parent whose children have grown up and left home
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY NESTER — Pronunciation: - ' nes-t ə r Function: noun Date: 1962 : a parent whose children have grown and moved away …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1 containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EMPTY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (emptier, emptiest) 1. containing nothing. 2 (of a house etc.) unoccupied or unfurnished. 3 (of …
Oxford English vocab
NESTER — noun Date: 1880 a homesteader or squatter who takes up land on open range for a farm, one that nests
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)tē, -ti adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmtig, ǣmettig empty, unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NESTER — -tə(r) noun ( -s ) 1. : one that nests (as a bird) enough fish to make the kingfishers constant …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY — (superl.) Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb.
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of …
Английский словарь Webster
EMPTY — ( v. t. ) To deprive of the contents; to exhaust; to make void or destitute; to make vacant; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — ( superl. ) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY — — emptiable , adj. — emptier , n. — emptily , adv. — emptiness , n. /emp"tee/ , adj., emptier, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NESTER — n. someone or something that nests; that which occupies a nest
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EMPTY — I. ˈem(p)-tē adjective ( emp·ti·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ǣmettig unoccupied, from ǣmetta leisure, perhaps …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NESTER — noun Date: 1880 1. West : a homesteader or squatter who takes up land on open range for a farm …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY — vi to become empty. 2. empty ·superl having nothing to carry; unburdened. 3. empty ·superl free; clear; devoid; often …
Webster English vocab
NESTER — [nest.er] n (1880) 1 West: a homesteader or squatter who takes up land on open range for a farm 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY — [emp.ty] adj emp.ti.er ; -est [ME, fr. OE aemettig unoccupied, fr. aemetta leisure, perh. fr. ae- without + -metta (prob. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EMPTY — / ˈempti; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( emp·tier , emp·ti·est ) 1. empty (of sth) with no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. emp ‧ ty 1 S2 W2 /ˈempti/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative emptier , superlative emptiest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EMPTY — ( emptier, emptiest, empties, emptying, emptied) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EMPTY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a false/empty/hollow promise (= one that will not be kept ) ▪ I didn’t …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EMPTY — Synonyms and related words : abandoned, absurd, aimless, airy, apparently sound, arid, asinine, awkward, banal, bare, barren, baseless, blah, bland, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY — I. verb 1 make sth empty ADVERB ▪ completely ▪ The cupboards had all been completely emptied. ▪ out ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
EMPTY — INDEX: 1. container/bottle/glass 2. building/room/seat 3. place/area of land 4. paper/tape/screen 5. to make something empty 6. to make everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
EMPTY — n. 25B6; adjective an empty house : VACANT, unoccupied, uninhabited, untenanted, bare, desolate, deserted, abandoned; clear, free. an empty threat …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMPTY — adj. 1 void, unfilled, hollow, bare, barren, vacant, unfurnished, unadorned, undecorated; emptied, drained, spent, exhausted That empty space on the …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NESTER — enters resent
Anagrams English vocabulary
NESTER — Nester
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY — empty.ogg 1. ʹemptı n преим. pl 1. порожняя тара returned empties - возвращённые пустые бутылки, банки и т. п. empties …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EMPTY — empty прил.1) пустой, полый (о емкостях, таре и т. п.); порожний (о транспорте) ( of) empty wine-bottle — пустая винная …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EMPTY — 1. ʹemptı n преим. pl 1. порожняя тара returned empties - возвращённые пустые бутылки, банки и т. п. empties returned …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EMPTY — 1. прил. 1) пустой, полый ( о емкостях, таре и т. п. ) ; порожний ( о транспорте ) ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
EMPTY — 1. прил. 1) пустой, полый (о емкостях, таре и т. п.); порожний (о транспорте) (of) empty wine-bottle — пустая винная бутылка Syn: vacant Ant: full I …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NESTER — гнездующая птица
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
NESTER — гнездующая птица
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
NESTER — ист "наседка" Прозвище скваттера [squatters], фермера или владельца гомстеда [homestead; homesteader], поселившегося на земле, пригодной для пастбищного животноводства. Было распространено в годы …
NESTER — ист. "наседка" Прозвище скваттера [squatter], фермера или владельца гомстеда [homestead; homesteader], поселившегося на земле, пригодной для пастбищного животноводства. Было распространено …
NESTER — Nester
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD'S-NESTER — noun see bird's-nest
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — noun Date: 1972 an emotional letdown often experienced by an empty nester
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NESTOR — ˈnestə(r); -ˌstȯ(ə)r, -ȯ(ə) noun Etymology: after Nestor, legendary Greek hero known for long life and wisdom (from Latin & Greek; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRD'S-NEST — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb Etymology: bird's nest : to hunt for or take birds' nests or their contents • bird's-nester ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEST — — nestable , adj. — nester , n. — nestlike , adj. — nesty , adj. /nest/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — noun Date: 1972 : an emotional letdown often experienced by an empty nester
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME — [emp.ty-nest syndrome] n (1972): the emotional letdown experienced by an empty nester
Merriam-Webster English vocab
STONECHAT — (species Saxicola torquata), Eurasian and African thrush (family Turdidae, order Passeriformes) named for its voice, which is said to sound …
Britannica English vocabulary
HONEY GUIDE — any of about a dozen species of birds constituting the family Indicitoridae (order Piciformes). The honey guide gets its name …
Britannica English vocabulary
SQUATTER — Synonyms and related words : arriviste, colonial, colonist, colonizer, emigrant, gate-crasher, greenhorn, hirer, homesteader, immigrant, incumbent, intruder, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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