FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER

Meaning of FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER in English

ˌfour-leaf ˈclover BrE AmE ( also ˌfour-leaved ˈclover British English ) noun [countable]

a ↑ clover plant that has four leaves instead of the usual three, and is considered to be lucky

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

FOUR-LEAVED CLOVER — clover with four leaves (often considered to be a sign of luck)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAVED — adjective Date: 13th century having leaves
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
CLOVER — Any legume of the genus Trifolium , composed of 300 or more annual and perennial species, found in most temperate …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAVED — |lēvd adjective Etymology: Middle English leved, from leef leaf + -ed 1. : having or displaying leaves a leaved branch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOVER — ˈklōvə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English claver, clovere, from Old English clāfre, clǣfre; akin to Middle Low German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAVED — (a.) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAVED — (imp. & p. p.) of Leave
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOVER — (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAVED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Leave
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAVED — ( a. ) Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAVED — /leevd/ , adj. having leaves; leafed. [ 1200-50; ME leved. See LEAVE 3 , -ED 2 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVER — — clovered , adj. — clovery , adj. /kloh"veuhr/ , n. , pl. clovers , ( esp. collectively ) clover …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAVED — adj. leafy, covered with leaves
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAVED — Date: 13th century : having leaves — usually used in combination palmate- leaved a four- leaved clover
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOVER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clāfre; akin to Old High German klēo clover Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAVED — impf & ·p.p. of leave. 2. leaved ·adj bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; used in …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LEAVED — ■ adjective having a leaf or leaves of a particular kind or number.
Concise Oxford English vocab
LEAVED — [leaved] adj (13c): having leaves--usu. used in combination "palmate-leaved" "a four-leaved clover"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVER — [clo.ver] n [ME, fr. OE clafre; akin to OHG kleo clover] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Trifolium) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVER — any member of the genus Trifolium, of the pea family (Fabaceae), comprising 300 or more annual and perennial species, occurring …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEAVED — leaved BrE AmE liːvd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLOVER — clover BrE AmE ˈkləʊv ə AmE \ ˈkloʊv ə r ▷ clover|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOVER — / ˈkləʊvə(r); NAmE ˈkloʊ-/ noun [ U ] a small wild plant that usually has three leaves on each stem …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOVER — clo ‧ ver /ˈkləʊvə $ ˈkloʊvər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: clafre ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAVED — adj. 1 having leaves. 2 (in comb.) having a leaf or leaves of a specified kind or number (four-leaved clover).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAVED — adj. 1 having leaves. 2 (in comb.) having a leaf or leaves of a specified kind or number (four-leaved clover).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAVED — adj.1 having leaves. 2 (in comb.) having a leaf or leaves of a specified kind or number (four-leaved clover).
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Oxford English vocab
-LEAVED — also -leafed -leaved or -leafed combines with adjectives to form other adjectives which describe the type of leaves a tree …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOVER — ( clovers) Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers. ...a four leaf clover. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES four-leaf clover COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE red ▪ Small birds flitted in the shade …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOVER — n. Any legume of the genus Trifolium , composed of 300 or more annual and perennial species, found in most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Slang English vocab
CLOVER — See: FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, IN CLOVER or IN THE CLOVER.
Slang English vocab
CLOVER — To be, or live, in clover; to live luxuriously. Clover is the most desirable food for cattle.
Slang English vocab
FOUR — See: HIT ON ALL FOUR, ON ALL FOURS.
Словарь английских идиом
CLOVER — See: FOUR-LEAF CLOVER, IN CLOVER or IN THE CLOVER.
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR — See Four factors of change
Theological and Philosophical Biography English vocab
LEAVED — прил. покрытый листьями; имеющий листья имеющий форму листа покрытый листьями, в листве (-leaved) как компонет сложных слов: имеющий такие-то листья …
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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