HANG ON TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS

Meaning of HANG ON TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS in English

See: TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS.

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HANG ON TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS — See: TIED TO ONE'S MOTHER'S APRON STRINGS.
Slang English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day …
Английский словарь Британика
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
ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTHER
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ, ˈhaiŋ sometimes ˈheŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ; hung also hanged ; hanging ; hangs …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APRON — I. ˈāprən, less often in stand than in substand speech -pə(r) n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STRINGS — plural of string present third singular of string
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANG — (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or …
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — (n.) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Английский словарь Webster
APRON — ( n. ) Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron;
Webster's Revised 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
MOTHER
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HANG — — hangable , adj. — hangability , n. /hang/ , v. , hung or ( esp. for 4, 5, 20, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
APRON — — apronlike , adj. /ay"preuhn/ , n. 1. a garment covering part of the front of the body and tied …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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
MOTHER
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HANG — I. ˈhaŋ verb ( hung ˈhəŋ ; also hanged ˈhaŋd ; hang·ing ˈhaŋ-iŋ) Etymology: partly from Middle English hon, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
APRON — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, alteration (resulting from false division of a napron ) of napron, from Middle …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTHER — noun an old woman or matron. 2. mother ·noun hysterical passion; hysteria. 3. mother ·vi to become like, or full …
Webster English vocab
HANG — noun a sharp or steep declivity or slope. 2. hang ·vi to slope down; as, hanging grounds. 3. hang ·vi …
Webster English vocab
APRON — noun the infolded abdomen of a crab. 2. apron ·noun a leaden plate that covers the vent of a cannon. …
Webster English vocab
STRINGS — the stringed instruments in an orchestra. → string
Concise Oxford English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HANG — [hang] vb hung also hanged ; hang.ing [partly fr. ME hon, fr. OE hon, v.t.; partly fr. ME hangen, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
APRON — [apron] n, often attrib [ME, alter. (resulting fr. false division of a napron) of napron, fr. MF naperon, dim. of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTHER — mother, M~ BrE AmE ˈmʌð ə AmE - ə r ▷ mother|ed d ▷ mothering ˈmʌð ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ mother|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
APRON — apron BrE AmE ˈeɪp r ə n - ə rn ▷ apron|ed d ▷ apron|ing ɪŋ ▷ apron|s z ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — / ˈmʌðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. a female parent of a child or animal; a person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — / hæŋ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( hung , hung / hʌŋ; NAmE / HELP NOTE : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — / ˈeɪprən; NAmE / noun 1. a piece of clothing worn over the front of the body, from the chest …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTHER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HANG — I. hang 1 S1 W2 /hæŋ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle hung /hʌŋ/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
APRON — a ‧ pron /ˈeɪprən/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: a napron , mistaken for an apron …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTHER — n. & v. n. 1 a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HANG — v. & n. v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1 tr. a secure or cause to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
APRON — n. 1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
MOTHER — n. & v. --n. 1. a a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given …
Oxford English vocab
HANG — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. hung except in sense 7) 1. tr. a secure or cause to …
Oxford English vocab
APRON — n.1 a a garment covering and protecting the front of a person's clothes, either from chest or waist level, and …
Oxford English vocab
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
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTHER — ( mothers, mothering, mothered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your mother …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HANG — ( hangs, hanging, hung, hanged) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
APRON — ( aprons) An apron is a piece of clothing that you put on over the front of your normal clothes …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a proud mother/father/parent ▪ Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HANG — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a hanging basket (= for putting plants in and hanging outside ) ▪ All …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
APRON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ One of the cooks came in, judging by the white apron . …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTHER — (PARENT) [noun] [C] - a female parentMy mother was 21 when she had (= gave birth to) me.All the mothers …
Cambridge English vocab
APRON — (CLOTHING) [noun] [C] - a piece of clothing which is worn over the front of other clothes to keep them …
Cambridge English vocab
MOTHER — n. Mother Cabrini Great Mother of the Gods Mother Jones Mother Goose Mother Lode Country Mother's Day and Father's Day …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STRINGS — Synonyms and related words : Byzantine intrigues, German band, Philharmonic, backstairs influence, band, big band, brass, brass band, brass choir, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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