FLAIL AROUND/ABOUT

Meaning of FLAIL AROUND/ABOUT in English

flounder; struggle.

→ flail

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

FLAIL — drachuore
English interlingue dictionary
FLAIL — I. ˈflāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fleil, flail flail, whip, partly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ABOUT — I. əˈbau̇t, usu -d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English about, abouten, from Old English abūtan, from a- (I) + būtan outside, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FLAIL — (n.) An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or …
Английский словарь Webster
FLAIL — /flayl/ , n. 1. an instrument for threshing grain, consisting of a staff or handle to one end of which …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ABOUT — /euh bowt"/ , prep. 1. of; concerning; in regard to: instructions about the work; a book about the Civil War. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FLAIL — v. whip, beat, strike; thresh with a flail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FLAIL — I. ˈflāl noun Etymology: Middle English fleil, flail, partly from Old English * flegel (whence Old English fligel ), from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ABOUT — I. ə-ˈbau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English abūtan, from a- (I) + būtan outside — more at but …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FLAIL — noun an ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or …
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
ABOUT — adv on all sides; around. 2. about ·prep around; all round; on every side of. 3. about ·prep in concern …
Webster English vocab
FLAIL — [flail] n [ME fleil, flail, partly fr. (assumed) OE flegel (whence OE fligel), fr. LL flagellum flail, fr. L, whip …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FLAIL — ancient hand tool for threshing grain. It consists of two pieces of wood: the handstaff, or helve, and the beater, …
Britannica English vocabulary
FLAIL — flail BrE AmE fleɪ ə l ▷ flailed fleɪ ə ld ▷ flailing ˈfleɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ flails fleɪ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FLAIL — / fleɪl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. flail (sth) (about / around) to move around without control; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABOUT — / əˈbaʊt; NAmE / adverb , preposition , adjective ■ adverb 1. a little more or less than; a little …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FLAIL — I. flail 1 /fleɪl/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] to wave your arms or legs in an …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ABOUT — I. a ‧ bout 1 S1 W1 /əˈbaʊt/ BrE AmE preposition 1 . concerning or relating to a particular subject: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FLAIL — n. & v. --n. a threshing-tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it. --v. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ABOUT — prep. & adv. --prep. 1 a on the subject of; in connection with (a book about birds; what are you …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FLAIL — n. & v. n. a threshing-tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short heavy stick swinging from it. v. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ABOUT — prep. & adv. prep. 1 a on the subject of; in connection with (a book about birds; what are you …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
ABOUT — prep. & adv. --prep. 1. a on the subject of; in connection with (a book about birds; what are you …
Oxford English vocab
FLAIL — ( flails, flailing, flailed) If your arms or legs flail or if you flail them about, they wave about in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ABOUT — 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
FLAIL — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) If your arms or legs ~ or if you ~ them about, they wave about in an …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FLAIL — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB about ▪ She is flailing about in a cultural whirlpool of conflicting expectations, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ABOUT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FLAIL — Synonyms and related words : bang, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, buffet, cane, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, cut …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FLAIL — verb ADVERB ▪ desperately , helplessly , wildly ▪ She ran along, her arms ~ing wildly. ▪ He ~ed around …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
ABOUT — INDEX: 1. about a subject or person 2. to have something as the main subject RELATED WORDS talk about : …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FLAIL — 1. сущ. цеп flail tank воен. ≈ танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. гл. молотить Syn : thresh цеп (военное) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ABOUT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FLAIL — flail.ogg 1. fleıl n 1. цеп 2. воен. трал flail tank - воен. танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. fleıl …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AROUND — around.ogg 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ABOUT
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FLAIL — с.-х. цеп || цеповой - chopper flail - free-swinging flail - threshing flail
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FLAIL — 1. сущ.цеп flail tank воен. — танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. гл.молотить Syn:thresh
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AROUND — around нареч.1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn:everywhere, all …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FLAIL — 1. fleıl n 1. цеп 2. воен. трал flail tank - воен. танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. fleıl v …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around and …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ABOUT
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FLAIL — 1. сущ. цеп flail tank воен. — танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. гл. молотить Syn: thresh
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around — фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn: …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ABOUT — 1. нареч. 1) кругом; повсюду He was nowhere about. — Его нигде не было. There was much gossip about concerning …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FLAIL — 1. сущ. цеп flail tank воен. — танк-заградитель, танк с бойковым тралом 2. гл. молотить Syn: thresh
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Concise Oxford English vocab

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