NAIL (OR PIN) ONE'S COLOURS TO THE MAST

Meaning of NAIL (OR PIN) ONE'S COLOURS TO THE MAST in English

nail ( or pin) one's colours to the mast

declare openly and firmly what one believes.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — n [Naut.] mast; a medie mast at half-mast
Interlingua English vocab
MAST — ~. FOREMAST: focmast. MAINMAST: grand mast. MIZZENMAST: bisan-mast. MASTHEAD: maste-cap
English interlingue dictionary
PIN — I. ˈpin noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, pin, peg, from Old English pinn; akin to Middle Dutch pin, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl, esp before pause or consonant ˈnāəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAST — I. ˈmast, -aa(ə)st, -aist, -ȧst noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Middle Dutch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MAST — (v. t.) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to mast a …
Английский словарь Webster
MAST — ( v. t. ) To furnish with a mast or masts; to put the masts of in position; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAIL — — nailless , adj. — naillike , adj. /nayl/ , n. 1. a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAST — mast 1 — mastless , adj. — mastlike , adj. /mast, mahst/ , n. 1. Naut. a. a spar or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLOURS — n. flag or banner; combination of colors (on a badge, uniform, etc.); personality, character (also colors)
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PIN — I. ˈpin noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pinn (akin to Old High German pfinn peg), perhaps from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAIL — I. ˈnāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nægl; akin to Old High German nagal nail, fingernail, Latin unguis …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAST — I. ˈmast noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mæst; akin to Old High German mast mast, Latin malus Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PIN — noun mood; humor. 2. pin ·noun a rolling-pin. 3. pin ·noun the tenon of a dovetail joint. 4. pin ·vt …
Webster English vocab
NAIL — noun to spike, as a cannon. 2. nail ·noun to stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. 3. …
Webster English vocab
MAST — noun the vertical post of a derrick or crane. 2. mast ·noun the fruit of the oak and beech, or …
Webster English vocab
COLOURS — an item of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish, in particular the clothes worn by a jockey or …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NAIL — [nail] n [ME, fr. OE naegl; akin to OHG nagal nail, fingernail, L unguis fingernail, toenail, claw, Gk onyx] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MAST — [mast] n [ME, fr. OE maest; akin to OHG mast mast, L malus] (bef. 12c) 1: a long pole or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Britannica English vocabulary
NAIL — nail, Nail BrE AmE neɪ ə l ▷ nailed neɪ ə ld ▷ nailing ˈneɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ nails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PIN — / pɪn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun FOR FASTENING / JOINING 1. a short thin piece of stiff …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MAST — / mɑːst; NAmE mæst/ noun 1. a tall pole on a boat or ship that supports the sails —picture at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIN — I. pin 1 S3 /pɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pinn ] 1 . FOR …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAIL — I. nail 1 S3 /neɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nægl ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MAST — mast /mɑːst $ mæst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: mæst ] 1 . a tall …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PIN — n. & v. --n. 1 a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MAST — n. & v. --n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PIN — n. & v. n. 1 a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAIL — n. & v. n. 1 a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MAST — n. & v. n. 1 a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, esp. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PIN — n. & v. --n. 1. a a small thin pointed piece of esp. steel wire with a round or flattened …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
NAIL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small usu. sharpened metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven in with a …
Oxford English vocab
MAST — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a long upright post of timber, iron, etc., set up on a ship's keel, …
Oxford English vocab
PIN — ( pins, pinning, pinned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Pins are …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAIL — ( nails, nailing, nailed) 1. A nail is a thin piece of metal with one pointed end and one flat …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PIN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bobby pin chip and pin ▪ Most shoppers prefer chip and pin to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NAIL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a nail bomb (= containing nails ) as tough as nails/as tough as old …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at half mast (= halfway down the pole, in order to express public sadness at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MAST — [noun] [C] - a tall pole made from wood or metalA mast is a wooden or metal pole used on …
Cambridge English vocab
COLOURS — UK and ANZ, [US and ANZ] colors [plural] [noun] - (at school, college or university) an honour given to people …
Cambridge English vocab
MAST — Synonyms and related words : advocate, alpenstock, antenna tower, arm, athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, bandeau, barbican, bare pole, bearer, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NAIL — noun 1 on the fingers/toes ⇨ See also ↑ fingernail , ↑ toenail ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ sharp …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary

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