AN EVEN KEEL

Meaning of AN EVEN KEEL in English

good balance, stability

We need a steady manager, one who can keep an even keel.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

AN EVEN KEEL — good balance, stability We need a steady manager, one who can keep an even keel.
English Idioms vocab
AN EVEN KEEL — Устойчивость
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
AN — [an] 1. interr part -; an ille habe le libro? has he the book?; 2. conj whether -an suffixo adjective …
Interlingua English vocab
KEEL — I. ˈkēl, esp before pause or consonant -ēəl verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English kelen, from Old English cēlan, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EVEN — I. ˈēvən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen; akin to Old Frisian ēvend …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AN — I. _ən, after some consonants often ə n, esp emphatic or hesitating or after a pause (|)an; see usage note …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KEEL — (v. i.) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — (v. i.) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — (n.) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom of a …
Английский словарь Webster
AN — () This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of …
Английский словарь Webster
KEEL — ( v. i. ) To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — ( v. i. ) To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — ( n. ) A longitudinal timber, or series of timbers scarfed together, extending from stem to stern along the bottom …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — This word is properly an adjective, but is commonly called the indefinite article. It is used before nouns of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
KEEL — keel 1 — keeled , adj. /keel/ , n. 1. Naut. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVEN — even 1 — evener , n. — evenly , adv. — evenness , n. /ee"veuhn/ , adj. 1. level; flat; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AN — an 1 /euhn/ ; when stressed /an/ , indefinite article. the form of a before an initial vowel sound ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EVEN — I. ˈē-vən noun Etymology: Middle English even, eve, from Old English ǣfen Date: before 12th century archaic : evening II. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AN — I. ən, (ˈ)an indefinite article Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ān one — more at one Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
-AN
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KEEL — noun fig.: the whole ship. 2. keel ·noun a brewer's cooling vat; a keelfat. 3. keel ·vi to turn up …
Webster English vocab
EVEN — vi to be equal. 2. even ·noun evening. ·see eve, ·noun 1. 3. even ·vt to equal. 4. even ·vt …
Webster English vocab
AN — conj if; a word used by old english authors. 2. an ·- this word is properly an adjective, but …
Webster English vocab
KEEL — [keel] vb [ME kelen, fr. OE celan, fr. col cool] (bef. 12c) chiefly dial: cool [2]keel n [ME kele, fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EVEN — [even] n [ME even, eve, fr. OE aefen] (bef. 12c) archaic: evening [2]even adj [ME, fr. OE efen; akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-AN
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KEEL — in shipbuilding, the main structural member and backbone of a ship or boat, running longitudinally along the centre of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
KEEL — / kiːl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun the long piece of wood or steel along the bottom of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EVEN — / ˈiːvn; NAmE / adverb , adjective , verb ■ adverb 1. used to emphasize sth unexpected or surprising : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEL — I. keel 1 /kiːl/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: kjölr ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVEN — I. e ‧ ven 1 S1 W1 /ˈiːv ə n/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: efne …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AN — I. a S1 W1 /ə; strong eɪ/ BrE AmE ( also an ) indefinite article , determiner 1 . used …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EVEN — adj., adv., & v. --adj. (evener, evenest) 1 level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b equal …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EVEN — adj., adv., & v. adj. (evener, evenest) 1 level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b equal …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AN — adj. the form of the indefinite article (see A(1)) used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an egg; an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EVEN — 1. adj., adv., & v. --adj. (evener, evenest) 1. level; flat and smooth. 2 a uniform in quality; constant. b …
Oxford English vocab
EVEN — I. DISCOURSE USES /i:v(ə)n/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEL — ( keels, keeling, keeled) 1. The keel of a boat is the long, specially shaped piece of wood or steel …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KEEL — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE even ▪ Confusion seems to reign in many areas of your life at …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVEN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fine day/morning/evening a fun day/evening etc a morning/afternoon/evening shift ▪ All the machines …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AN
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EVEN — Synonyms and related words : Laodicean, a fortiori, above all, absolutely, accommodate, accordant, adjust, after all, again, albeit, algorismic, algorithmic, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — I. adjective 1. Synonyms: level , flat, flush, planate, plane, smooth Contrasted words: bent, crooked, curved, twisted Antonyms: uneven 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
KEEL — n. 25B6; noun the upturned keel of the boat : BASE, bottom (side), underside. 25A0; keel over the boat keeled …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — adj. 25B6; adjective an even surface : FLAT, smooth, uniform, featureless; unbroken, undamaged; level, plane. an even temperature : UNIFORM, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
EVEN — adj. 1 smooth, flat, plane, level, regular, uniform, flush, straight, true Sand the edges till they are even 2 Sometimes, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
EVEN — adverb 1 BAD : Even I go to bed early, I'm still tired in the morning. GOOD : Even when …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AN — indefinite article BAD : I had never visited an hospital before. GOOD : I had never visited a hospital before. …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KEEL — I 1. сущ. 1) мор.; авиац. киль 2) поэт. корабль, судно 3) зоол. киль (грудная кость у птицы) 2. гл. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EVEN — I сущ.; поэт.; архаич. вечер II 1. прил. 1) а) плоский, ровный (о местности) even ground ≈ плоская земля Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KEEL — _I 1. ki:l n 1. ав. , мор. киль false keel - а) фальшкиль; б) килевая полоса ( у шлюпки …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EVEN — even.ogg _I ʹi:v(ə)n n поэт. , арх. вечер; склон дня _II 1. ʹi:v(ə)n n 1. чётное число even or odd? …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KEEL — киль - ballast keel - bilge keel - docking keel - drop keel - false keel - flat-plate keel - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
KEEL — киль - ballast keel - bilge keel - docking keel - drop keel - false keel - flat-plate keel - flat keel - vertical keel
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
KEEL — 1) килевой 2) киль 3) опрокидываться вверх • - bilge keel - duct keel - keel girder
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
KEEL — I keel сущ.1) мор.; авиац. киль 2) поэт. корабль, судно 3) зоол. киль (грудная кость у птицы) 2. гл.1) переворачивать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
EVEN — even I сущ.; поэт.; архаич.вечер II 1. прил.1) а) плоский, ровный (о местности) even ground — плоская земля Syn:flat I …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
KEEL — _I 1. ki:l n 1. ав. , мор. киль false keel - а) фальшкиль; б) килевая полоса ( у шлюпки …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EVEN — _I ʹi:v(ə)n n поэт. , арх. вечер; склон дня _II 1. ʹi:v(ə)n n 1. чётное число even or odd? - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
EVEN — I сущ. ; поэт. ; уст. вечер II 1. прил. 1) а) плоский, ровный ( о местности ) even ground …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
KEEL — I [°Ђ®] keel.wav 1. сущ. 1) мор.; авиа киль 2) поэт. корабль, судно 3) зоол. киль (грудная кость у птицы) 2. гл. 1) переворачивать (корабль) килем …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
EVEN — I сущ.; поэт.; уст. вечер II 1. прил. 1) а) плоский, ровный (о местности) even ground — плоская земля Syn: flat I 2., plain I 1. б) гладкий, ровный …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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