NO SHRINKING VIOLET

Meaning of NO SHRINKING VIOLET in English

a bold woman, not a timid woman

Barb will defend her rights. She's no shrinking violet.

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

NO SHRINKING VIOLET — see violet
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO SHRINKING VIOLET — see violet
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NO SHRINKING VIOLET — a bold woman, not a timid woman Barb will defend her rights. She's no shrinking violet.
English Idioms vocab
NO SHRINKING VIOLET — человек, не чувствующий никакого смущения/стеснения; человек, умеющий постоять за себя Антоним: shrinking violet
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
VIOLET — I Any of the approximately 500 species of herbaceous plants or low shrubs that make up the genus Viola , …
Английский словарь Британика
VIOLET — I. ˈvīələ̇t sometimes ˈvīl-; usu -ə̇.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French violete, diminutive of viole …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NO — I. ˈnō; when expressing disgust, impatience, or strong disagreement ˈnȯ, ˈnä, ˈnȧ, ( especially when reduplicated ) ˈnə, ˈʔmʔm, ˈʔəʔə, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHRINKING — present part of shrink
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIOLET — (n.) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
Английский словарь Webster
VIOLET — (n.) The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible …
Английский словарь Webster
SHRINKING — () a. & n. from Shrink.
Английский словарь Webster
SHRINKING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shrink
Английский словарь Webster
VIOLET — ( n. ) The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VIOLET — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHRINKING — a. & n. from Shrink.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHRINKING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Shrink
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VIOLET — /vuy"euh lit/ , n. 1. any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VIOLET — adj. having a purple color; resembling a violet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SHRINKING — n. act of contracting, act of making smaller; process of becoming smaller; act of flinching
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIOLET — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French violete, diminutive of viole violet, from Latin viola Date: 14th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VIOLET — noun dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined. 2. violet ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SHRINKING — adj & ·noun from shrink. 2. shrinking ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of shrink.
Webster English vocab
VIOLET — [vi.o.let] n [ME, fr. MF violete, dim. of viole violet, fr. L viola] (14c) 1 a: any of a genus …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VIOLET — violet, V~ BrE AmE ˈva ɪ ‿əl ət -ɪt; § ˈvaɪl ət, -ɪt ▷ violet|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VIOLET — / ˈvaɪələt; NAmE / noun 1. [ C ] a small wild or garden plant with purple or white flowers …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VIOLET — vi ‧ o ‧ let /ˈvaɪələt, ˈvaɪəlɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: violete …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VIOLET — n. & adj. --n. 1 a any plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet, with usu. purple, blue, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VIOLET — n. & adj. n. 1 a any plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet, with usu. purple, blue, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VIOLET — n. & adj. --n. 1. a any plant of the genus Viola, esp. the sweet violet, with usu. purple, blue, …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
VIOLET — ( violets) 1. A violet is a small plant that has purple or white flowers in the spring. N-COUNT 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VIOLET — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shrinking violet COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB shrink ▪ Not all candidates are shrinking violets …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NO — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES absolutely no ▪ He has absolutely no experience of marketing. at no extra cost …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VIOLET — n. African violet dogtooth violet Price Mary Violet Leontyne Robinson Joan Violet Joan Violet Maurice Edith Anna Oenone Somerville and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VIOLET — n. Any of the approximately 500 species of herbaceous plants or low shrubs that make up the genus Viola , …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SHRINKING — Synonyms and related words : Olympian, Sanforizing, aloof, aseptic, atrophy, attenuation, backward, bashful, bashfulness, blank, boggle, boggling, chilled, chilly, cold, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHRINKING — n. Function: adjective Synonyms: UNDEMONSTRATIVE , aseptic, restrained, retiring, unaffable, unexpansive, withdrawn
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHRINKING — adjective Synonyms: undemonstrative , aseptic, restrained, retiring, unaffable, unexpansive, withdrawn
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHRINKING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SHRINKING — adj. Shrinking is used with these nouns: ↑ market , ↑ pool
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
VIOLET — 1. сущ. 1) фиалка 2) фиолетовый цвет 2. прил. темно-лиловый, фиолетовый Syn : purple (ботаника) фиалка (Viola gen.) фиолетовый или …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHRINKING — сжатие усадка (текстильное) повадка, декатировка застенчивый, робкий - * in his manner застенчивый в обращении > * violet стыдливая мимоза …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO — 1. нареч. 1) нет no, I don't want ≈ нет, не хочу 2) не no less than whether or no …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHRINKING — Усадка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
VIOLET — violet.ogg 1. ʹvaıəlıt n 1. бот. фиалка ( Viola gen. ) 2. фиолетовый или лиловый цвет 3. pl сл. (душистые) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHRINKING — _I ʹʃrıŋkıŋ n 1. усадка 2. текст. посадка, декатировка _II ʹʃrıŋkıŋ a застенчивый, робкий shrinking in his manner in his …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VIOLET — 1) виолевый 2) фиалковый 3) фиолетовый • - pyrocatechin violet - violet phosphorus
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHRINKING — 1) сжимающий 2) сокращение 3) стягивание 4) стягивающий • - blossom shrinking - shrinking map - shrinking of covering
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
VIOLET — violet сущ.1) фиалка 2) фиолетовый цвет 3) сленг лук (растение) 2. прил.темно-лиловый, фиолетовый violet rays — фиолетовые лучи; ультрафиолетовые лучи …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
VIOLET — violet сущ.Виолетта
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHRINKING — (n) декатировка; посадка; усадка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SHRINKING — (a) застенчивый; робкий
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SHRINKING — I [ʹʃrıŋkıŋ] n 1. усадка 2. текст. посадка, декатировка II [ʹʃrıŋkıŋ] a застенчивый, робкий ~ in his manner [in his …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
VIOLET — 1. ʹvaıəlıt n 1. бот. фиалка ( Viola gen. ) 2. фиолетовый или лиловый цвет 3. pl сл. (душистые) фиалки …
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