GIVE A WIDE BIRTH TO

Meaning of GIVE A WIDE BIRTH TO in English

keep away from, keep a safe distance from I usually give a wide birth to my boss when he is angry.

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English wid, wide, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRTH — I. ˈbərth, ˈbə̄th, ˈbəith noun ( plural births -ths sometimes -thz) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English birthe, burthe, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIDE — (superl.) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right angles to …
Английский словарь Webster
WIDE — ( superl. ) Having considerable distance or extent between the sides; spacious across; much extended in a direction at right …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — — wideness , n. /wuyd/ , adj., wider, widest , adv. , n. adj. 1. having considerable or great extent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRTH — /berrth/ , n. 1. an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth. 2. the act or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIDE — I. ˈwīd adjective ( wider ; wid·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīd; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BIRTH — I. ˈbərth noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran Date: 13th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIDE — superl remote; distant; far. 2. wide ·noun that which is wide; wide space; width; extent. 3. wide ·noun that which …
Webster English vocab
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
BIRTH — noun ·see berth. 2. birth ·noun the act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. 3. …
Webster English vocab
WIDE — [wide] adj wider ; wid.est [ME, fr. OE wid; akin to OHG wit wide] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having great …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRTH — [birth] n, often attrib [ME, fr. ON byrth; akin to OE beran] (13c) 1 a: the emergence of a new …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRTH — birth BrE AmE bɜːθ AmE bɝːθ ▷ birthed bɜːθt AmE bɝːθt ▷ birthing ˈbɜːθ ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːθ- ▷ births bɜːθs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIDE — / waɪd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( wider , wid·est ) FROM ONE SIDE TO …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRTH — / bɜːθ; NAmE bɜːrθ/ noun 1. [ U , C ] the time when a baby is born; the process …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — I. wide 1 S1 W1 /waɪd/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ wide , ↑ widely ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BIRTH — birth S2 W2 /bɜːθ $ bɜːrθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: byrth ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRTH — n. & v. --n. 1 the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRTH — n. & v. n. 1 the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIDE — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. a measuring much or more than other things of the same kind across or …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
BIRTH — n. & v. --n. 1. the emergence of a (usu. fully developed) infant or other young from the body of …
Oxford English vocab
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
-WIDE — -wide combines with nouns to form adjectives which indicate that something exists or happens throughout the place or area that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — ( wider, widest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRTH — ( births) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. When a baby is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIDE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/broad/wide smile (= when you are very happy ) ▪ She had a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a birth certificate ▪ In order to get a passport, you'll need your birth certificate. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WIDE — [adverb] -r, -stThey moved the goal posts wider apart (= so that there was a larger distance between them).His eyes …
Cambridge English vocab
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Cambridge English vocab
WIDE — Synonyms and related words : aberrant, abroad, abstract, accented, adrift, advanced, afield, all abroad, all off, all wrong, alveolar, amiss, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIRTH — Synonyms and related words : Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — n. give away give back give off give out give over give up self giving given name
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIRTH — n. birth control birth pang birth pangs
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BIRTH — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ live ▪ Better living conditions mean more live ~s and fewer stillbirths. ▪ normal ▪ difficult ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
WIDE — INDEX: 1. a long distance from one side to another 2. how wide something is 3. to become wider 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
GIVE — INDEX: 1. to give something to someone without expecting to be paid for it 2. to give something to everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
BIRTH — See ↑ BABY 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be American/French/Japanese etc by birth • ↑ give birth • ↑ place of …
Longman Activator English vocab
WIDE — n. 25B6; adjective a wide river : BROAD, extensive, spacious, vast, spread out. their mouths were wide with shock : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — n. 25B6; verb he gave them £2000 : PRESENT WITH, provide with, supply with, furnish with, let someone have; hand …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIRTH — n. 25B6; noun the birth of a child : CHILDBIRTH, delivery, nativity, birthing; formal parturition; dated confinement; archaic accouchement, childbed. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIDE — adj. 1 spacious, roomy, ample, extensive, broad The road is wide enough for two cars to pass If the book …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GIVE — v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer, vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord, afford, award, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BIRTH — n. 1 childbirth, delivery, Technical parturition, Old-fashioned confinement Nicole is expecting the birth of her first baby in early April …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WIDE — 1. прил. 1) широкий, обширный Syn : vast, spacious, broad 2) имеющий определенную ширину 3) широко раскрытый (напр., о глазах) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRTH — рождение; зарождение, начало, источник - to give * to родить, произвести на свет; дать начало (чему-л) - to crush a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIDE — wide.ogg 1. waıd n 1. поэт. простор, ширь 2. (the wide) сл. весь мир done /whacked/ to the wide - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIRTH — birth.ogg 1. bɜ:θ n 1. рождение; зарождение, начало, источник to give birth to - а) родить, произвести на свет; б) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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