THUMB A LIFT/RIDE

Meaning of THUMB A LIFT/RIDE in English

hitchhike Their car had a flat tire so they thumbed a lift to the nearest gas station.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

THUMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIDE — I. ˈrīd verb ( rode ˈrōd ; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid ; or rade ˈrād ; rid·den ˈrid ə …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIFT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUMB — (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; …
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — — thumbless , adj. — thumblike , adj. /thum/ , n. 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIDE — /ruyd/ , v. , rode or ( Archaic ) rid; ridden or ( Archaic ) rid; riding; n. v.i. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIFT — — liftable , adj. — lifter , n. /lift/ , v.t. 1. to move or bring (something) upward from the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — I. ˈthəm noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo thumb, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIDE — I. ˈrīd verb ( rode ˈrōd ; or chiefly dialect rid ˈrid ; rid·den ˈri-d ə n ; or chiefly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIFT — I. ˈlift noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lyft Date: before 12th century chiefly Scottish : heavens, sky II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUMB — vt to handle awkwardly. 2. thumb ·vt to play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to …
Webster English vocab
RIDE — noun a saddle horse. 2. ride ·vt to manage insolently at will; to domineer over. 3. ride ·vt to convey, …
Webster English vocab
LIFT — vt to live by theft. 2. lift ·noun an exercising machine. 3. lift ·noun a layer of leather in the …
Webster English vocab
THUMB — [thumb] n [ME thoume, thoumbe, fr. OE thuma; akin to OHG thumo thumb, L tumere to swell] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIDE — [ride] vb rode or chiefly dial rid ; rid.den or chiefly dial rid or rode ; rid.ing [ME, fr. OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIFT — [lift] n [ME, fr. OE lyft] (bef. 12c) chiefly Scot: heavens, sky [2]lift vb [ME, fr. ON lypta; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
THUMB — / θʌm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the short thick finger at the side of the hand, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDE — / raɪd; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( rode / rəʊd; NAmE roʊd/ rid·den / ˈrɪdn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFT — / lɪft; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb RAISE 1. lift sb/sth (up) to raise sb/sth or be raised …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. thumb 1 /θʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thuma ] 1 . the part …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIDE — I. ride 1 S2 W2 /raɪd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense rode /rəʊd $ roʊd/, past participle ridden /ˈrɪdn/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIFT — I. lift 1 S2 W2 /lɪft/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: lypta ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIDE — v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIFT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUMB
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIDE — v. & n. v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1 tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIFT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUMB
Oxford English vocab
RIDE — v. & n. --v. (past rode; past part. ridden) 1. tr. travel or be carried on (a bicycle etc.) or …
Oxford English vocab
LIFT
Oxford English vocab
THUMB — ( thumbs, thumbing, thumbed) 1. Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIDE — ( rides, riding, rode, ridden) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFT — ( lifts, lifting, lifted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES jerking...thumb ▪ ‘Is that the only way out of here?’ he asked, jerking a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIDE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIFT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUMB — [verb] [I or T] [informal]You thumb by standing near the edge of a road and holding out your hand with …
Cambridge English vocab
RIDE — [verb] [past simple] rode, [past participle] ridden - to sit on (a horse or a bicycle) and travel along on …
Cambridge English vocab
RIDE — Synonyms and related words : Sunday drive, abut on, aggravate, airing, annoy, auto, badger, bait, bamboozle, banter, be at, be …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Slang English vocab
RIDE — See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, …
Slang English vocab
THUMB — n. Hop o' my thumb hop o' my thumb thumb through Tom Thumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — I. noun VERB + THUMB ▪ suck ▪ flick , jab , jerk ▪ ‘What'll we do with them?’ he …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
RIDE — I. noun 1 in a vehicle, on a horse, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ long , short ▪ We have a long …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIFT — I. noun 1 ( BrE ) for taking people/goods between floors ⇨ See also ↑ elevator ADJECTIVE ▪ private , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THUMB — • ↑ be under sb's/the thumb • ↑ it sticks/stands out like a sore thumb • ↑ stick/stand out like …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIFT — INDEX: 1. to lift a person or thing 2. to lift a part of your body to a higher position …
Longman Activator English vocab
THUMB — < processor > An extension to the Advanced RISC Machine architecture, announced on 06 March 1995 by Advanced RISC Machines …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
THUMB
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIDE — v. 1 sit on or in, travel or journey or go or proceed on or in, be borne or carried …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Словарь английских идиом
RIDE — See: ALONG FOR THE RIDE, LET RIDE, RUN WITH HARE AND HUNT (RIDE) WITH THE HOUNDS, TAKE FOR A RIDE, …
Словарь английских идиом
THUMB — 1. сущ. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) Tom Thumb ≈ мальчик с пальчик 2. гл. 1) листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIDE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIFT — 1. сущ. 1) поднятие, подъем With one great lift, the men moved the rock. ≈ Одним мощным усилием мужчины сдвинули …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — thumb.ogg 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIFT — lift.ogg 1. lıft n 1. 1> поднятие, подъём lift of a hand - поднятие руки to give smth. a lift …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIDE — 1) езда; проезд 2) лесн. просека 3) плыть, идти (о судне) • ride between compartments — квартальная просека cross ride …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIFT — 1) подъём || поднимать(ся) 2) гидро- или аэродинамическая подъёмная сила 3) подъёмная машина; подъёмник, лифт 4) горн. этаж; горизонт 5) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIFT — 1) подъём || поднимать(ся) 2) гидро- или аэродинамическая подъёмная сила 3) подъёмная машина; подъёмник, лифт 4) горн. этаж; горизонт 5) горн. слой (при слоевой выемке …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LIFT — 1) лифт 2) механизм подъема 3) нагнетательный 4) физ. несомость 5) поднимать 6) подъем 7) подъемник 8) сила подъемная 9) топенант 10) транспортирующий • degree of valve lift — высота подъема …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

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