NAVEL-GAZING

Meaning of NAVEL-GAZING in English

sitting and looking at your own navel, contemplating your own existence

"Have you nothing better to do than to sit there navel-gazing?" "No."

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

NAVEL-GAZING — If you refer to an activity as navel-gazing , you are critical of it because people are thinking about something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAVEL-GAZING — If you refer to an activity as ~, you are critical of it because people are thinking about something for …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NAVEL-GAZING — noun Date: 1963 useless or excessive self-contemplation
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAVEL-GAZING — (Slang) absorption in oneself; useless self-absorption; excessive introspection
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NAVEL-GAZING — noun Date: 1963 : useless or excessive self-contemplation
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAVEL-GAZING — Pronunciation: ' n ā -v ə l- ' g ā -zi ŋ Function: noun Date: 1963 : useless or excessive …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NAVEL-GAZING — ■ noun complacent self-absorption or narrow concentration on a single issue.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NAVEL-GAZING — noun [ U ] ( disapproving ) the fact of thinking too much about a single issue and how it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAVEL-GAZING — сущ.; разг. долгое раздумывание
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAVEL-GAZING — _n. _собир. долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NAVEL-GAZING — сущ.; разг.долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NAVEL-GAZING — сущ. ; разг. долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NAVEL-GAZING — сущ.; разг. долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NAVEL-GAZING — _n. _собир. долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NAVEL-GAZING — n. собир. долгое раздумывание
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NAVEL-GAZING — сущ.; разг. долгое раздумывание
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAVEL — umbilico
English interlingue dictionary
NAVEL — pusod
English-Visayan vocabulary
NAVEL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nafela; akin to Old High German nabalo ~, Latin umbilicus, Greek omphalos Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NAVEL — ˈnāvəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English navel, navele, from Old English nafela; akin to Old High German nabalo …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GAZING — present part. of gaze
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NAVEL — (n.) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Английский словарь Webster
NAVEL — (n.) The central part or point of anything; the middle.
Английский словарь Webster
NAVEL — (n.) A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.
Английский словарь Webster
GAZING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaze
Английский словарь Webster
NAVEL — ( n. ) The central part or point of anything; the middle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NAVEL — ( n. ) An eye on the under side of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GAZING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Gaze
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NAVEL — /nay"veuhl/ , n. 1. umbilicus (def. 1). 2. the central point or middle of any thing or place. 3. Heraldry. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NAVEL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nafela; akin to Old High German nabalo navel, Latin umbilicus, Greek omphalos Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NAVEL — noun the central part or point of anything; the middle. 2. navel ·noun an eye on the under side of …
Webster English vocab
GAZING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of gaze.
Webster English vocab
NAVEL — [na.vel] n [ME, fr. OE nafela; akin to OHG nabalo navel, L umbilicus, Gk omphalos] (bef. 12c) 1: a depression …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NAVEL — navel BrE AmE ˈneɪv ə l (= naval) ▷ navel|s z ▶ ˈ navel ˌ orange BrE AmE ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NAVEL — / ˈneɪvl; NAmE / (also informal ˈbelly button ) ( BrE also ˈtummy button ) noun the small hollow part …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAVEL — na ‧ vel /ˈneɪv ə l/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: nafela ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NAVEL — n. 1 a depression in the centre of the belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord. 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NAVEL — n. 1 a depression in the centre of the belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord. 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NAVEL — n.1 a depression in the centre of the belly caused by the detachment of the umbilical cord. 2 a central …
Oxford English vocab
NAVEL — ( navels) Your navel is the small hollow just below your waist at the front of your body. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NAVEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES contemplate your navel (= think so much about your own life that you do not …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NAVEL — noun Navel is used before these nouns: ↑ orange , ↑ ring
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NAVEL — n. 25B6; noun informal belly button, tummy button; Anatomy umbilicus. the navel of Byzantine culture : CENTRE, central point, hub, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
NAVEL — n. Technical umbilicus, omphalos, Colloq belly button The dancer wore a ruby in her navel
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
NAVEL — The umbilicus. The word navel came from the Anglo-Saxon nafe for the hub of a wheel.
English Dictionary of Medicine
NAVEL — сущ. 1) пуп, пупок Syn : omphalos, umbilicus to contemplate (or regard) one's navel ≈ быть погруженным в размышление; быть …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAZING — Пристально
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NAVEL — navel.ogg ʹneıv(ə)l n 1. анат. пупок 2. пуп ( чего-л. ); центр; середина 3. бот. рубчик, «пупок» ( у апельсина …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NAVEL — n 1. анат. пупок 2. пуп ( чего-л. ); центр; середина 3. бот. рубчик, «пупок» ( у апельсина и т. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NAVEL — сущ. 1) пуп, пупок Syn: omphalos , umbilicus •• to contemplate (or regard) one's navel — быть погруженным в размышление; …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NAVEL — сущ. 1) пуп, пупок Syn: omphalos, umbilicus •• to contemplate (or regard) one's navel — быть погруженным в размышление; быть самодовольным и ограниченным 2) центр, середина …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NAVEL — сущ. 1) пуп, пупок Syn : omphalos, umbilicus to contemplate (or regard) one's navel ≈ быть погруженным в размышление; быть …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAZING — Пристально
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GAZING BALL — noun 1. : a glass ball used in crystal gazing 2. : gazing globe
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTAL GAZING — [crystal gazing] n (1889) 1: the art or practice of concentrating on a glass or crystal globe with the aim …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRYSTAL GAZING — also called scrying divination of distant or future events based on visions seen in a ball of rock crystal. Divination …
Britannica English vocabulary
STAR-GAZING — also stargazing Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer. ( INFORMAL ) N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR-GAZING — also stargazing Star-gazing is the activity of studying the stars as an astronomer or astrologer. (INFORMAL) N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GAZE — I. ˈgāz verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English gasen, gazen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect gasa …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRYSTALLOMANCY — ˈkristəlōˌman(t)sē noun ( -es ) Etymology: crystall- + -mancy : divination by crystal gazing : crystal gazing
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVINATION — the practice of determining the hidden significance or cause of events, sometimes foretelling the future, by various natural, psychological, and …
Britannica English vocabulary
STARE — I. stare 1 S3 W2 /steə $ ster/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: starian ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GAZE — I. gaze 1 /ɡeɪz/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRYSTAL — n. & adj. --n. 1 a a clear transparent mineral, esp. rock crystal. b a piece of this. 2 (in …
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