FORKED LIGHTNING

Meaning of FORKED LIGHTNING in English

ˌforked ˈlightning BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

lightning that looks like a line of light that divides into several smaller lines near the bottom ⇨ sheet lightning

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

FORKED LIGHTNING — ■ noun lightning that is visible in the form of a zigzag or branching line across the sky.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FORKED LIGHTNING — noun [ U ] the type of lightning that is like a line that divides into smaller lines near the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORKED LIGHTNING — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORKED LIGHTNING — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground. N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FORKED LIGHTNING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The overwhelming blackness, the cracking peals of thunder and the piercing flash and hiss of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния зигзагообразная молния
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORKED LIGHTNING — разветвлённая молния
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
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FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
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FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния
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FORKED LIGHTNING — зигзагообразная молния зигзагообразная молния
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORKED — adjective Date: 13th century resembling a fork especially in having one end divided into two or more branches or points …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIGHTNING — Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the air. …
Английский словарь Британика
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlītniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lightning, lightening, from gerund of lihtenen, lightenen to lighten — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORKED — ˈfȯ(ə)rkt, ˈfȯ(ə)kt, -kə̇d adjective Etymology: Middle English, from past participle of forken to fork 1. a. : resembling a fork …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORKED — (a.) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Английский словарь Webster
FORKED — (a.) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; bifurcated; zigzag; …
Английский словарь Webster
FORKED — (imp. & p. p.) of Fork
Английский словарь Webster
FORKED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Fork
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORKED — ( a. ) Having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FORKED — ( a. ) Formed into a forklike shape; having a fork; dividing into two or more prongs or branches; furcated; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — /luyt"ning/ , n. , v. , lightninged, lightning , adj. n. 1. a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORKED — — forkedly /fawr"kid lee/ , adv. — forkedness , n. /fawrkt, fawr"kid/ , adj. 1. having a fork or fork-like …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlīt-niŋ noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of lightenen to lighten Date: 13th century 1. : the flashing of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORKED — adjective Date: 13th century 1. : resembling a fork especially in having one end divided into two or more branches …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORKED — adj having a double meaning; ambiguous; equivocal. 2. forked ·impf & ·p.p. of fork. 3. forked ·adj formed into a …
Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — [light.ning] n [ME, fr. gerund of lightenen to lighten] (13c) 1: the flashing of light produced by a discharge of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORKED — [forked] adj (13c) 1: resembling a fork esp. in having one end divided into two or more branches or points …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIGHTNING — the visible discharge of atmospheric electricity that occurs when a region of the atmosphere acquires an electrical charge, or potential …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — lightning BrE AmE ˈlaɪt nɪŋ ▶ ˈ lightning bug BrE AmE ▶ ˈ lightning con ˌ ductor BrE AmE ▶ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — / ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ U ] a flash, or several flashes, of very bright …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORKED — / fɔːkt; NAmE fɔːrkt/ adjective with one end divided into two parts, like the shape of the letter 'Y' : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. light ‧ ning 1 /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORKED — forked /fɔːkt $ fɔːrkt/ BrE AmE adjective having one end divided into two or more parts: Snakes have forked tongues.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FORKED — adj. 1 having a fork or forklike end or branches. 2 divergent, cleft. 3 (in comb.) having so many prongs …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FORKED — adj. 1 having a fork or forklike end or branches. 2 divergent, cleft. 3 (in comb.) having so many prongs …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Oxford English vocab
FORKED — adj.1 having a fork or forklike end or branches. 2 divergent, cleft. 3 (in comb.) having so many prongs (three-forked). …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTNING — 1. Lightning is the very bright flashes of light in the sky that happen during thunderstorms. One man died when …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORKED — Something that divides into two parts and forms a ‘Y’ shape can be described as forked . Jaegers are swift …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at/with lightning speed (= very quickly ) ▪ He moved with his usual lightning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FORKED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES forked lightning (= lightning that appears as lines connected to each other ) ▪ Forked …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — [noun] [U] - a flash of bright light in the sky which is produced by electricity moving between clouds or …
Cambridge English vocab
FORKED — [adjective] [not gradable]a forked tail/stickforked lightninga snake's forked tongueSee picture: ForksIf someone speaks with a forked tongue, they tell lies …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LIGHTNING — Synonyms and related words : Jupiter Fulgur, Thor, antelope, arrow, ball lightning, blue darter, blue streak, bolt, bolt of lightning, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ball , forked , sheet ▪ Forked ~ flickered across the sky. ▪ heat ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FORKED — adj. Forked is used with these nouns: ↑ lightning , ↑ tail , ↑ tongue
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORKED — прил. раздвоенный; разветвленный; вилкообразный forked lightning раздвоенный; с развилиной; вилкообразный - * lightning зигзагообразная молния - * tongue раздвоенный язык …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — lightning.ogg 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORKED — a 1. раздвоенный, разветвлённый; с развилиной; вилкообразный forked lightning - зигзагообразная молния forked tongue - раздвоенный язык ( змеи и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band lightning - beaded lightning - distant lightning - multiple-stroke …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LIGHTNING — молния, молниевый antenna lightning protector — радио разрядник антенный comb lightning arrester — гребенчатый разрядник line-type lightning arrester — линейный разрядник - beaded lightning - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
FORKED — прил.1) раздвоенный; разветвленный; вилкообразный forked tongue — раздвоенный язык forked road — дорога с развилкой forked lightning — зигзагообразная молния …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIGHTNING — 1. ʹlaıtnıŋ n 1. молния summer /heat/ lightning - зарница sheet lightning - сплошная молния chain(ed) lightning - зигзагообразная молния …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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