HAND-ME-DOWN

Meaning of HAND-ME-DOWN in English

ˈhand-me-down BrE AmE noun [countable]

a piece of clothing which has been used by someone and then given to another person:

She refused to wear hand-me-downs.

hand-me-down clothes

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

HAND-ME-DOWN — adjective Date: 1827 put in use by one person or group after being used, discarded, or handed down by another …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAND-ME-DOWN — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. of clothing : ready-made and usually cheap and shoddy cheap store clothes of the hand-me-down variety …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — /hand"mee down', han"-/ , n. 1. an article of clothing passed on to another person after being used, outgrown, etc.: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAND ME DOWN — clothing or any other article passed down from sibling to sibling
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HAND-ME-DOWN — adjective Date: 1827 1. : put in use by one person or group after being used, discarded, or handed down …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAND-ME-DOWN — Pronunciation: ' han(d)-m ē - ˌ dau ̇ n Function: adjective Date: 1827 1 : put in use by one …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — ■ noun a garment or other item that has been passed on from another person.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HAND-ME-DOWN — [hand-me-down] adj (1827) 1: put in use by one person or group after being used, discarded, or handed down by …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAND-ME-DOWN — hand-me-down BrE AmE ˈhæn d mi daʊn ⇨ˈhæm- ▷ hand-me-down|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — noun [ usually pl. ] ( especially NAmE ) = cast-off : She hated having to wear her sister's hand-me-downs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — ( hand-me-downs) 1. Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — (~s) 1. Hand-me-downs are things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HAND-ME-DOWN — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I always had to wear my sister's hand-me-downs.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HAND-ME-DOWN — {n.}, {informal} Something given away after another person has no more use for it; especially, used clothing. * /Alice had …
Slang English vocab
HAND-ME-DOWN — See ↑ CLOTHES 5
Longman Activator English vocab
HAND-ME-DOWN — 25B6; adjective SECOND-HAND, used, nearly new, handed-down, passed-on, cast-off, worn, old, pre-owned; Brit. informal reach-me-down. new.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HAND-ME-DOWN — {n.}, {informal} Something given away after another person has no more use for it; especially, used clothing. * /Alice had …
Словарь английских идиом
HAND-ME-DOWN — something given away after another person doesn`t need it (especially clothing) She was very poor when she was a child …
English Idioms vocab
HAND ME DOWN — clothes that belonged to an older family member Bobby said he's tired of wearing hand-me-down clothes.
English Idioms vocabulary
HAND-ME-DOWN — n. , informal Something given away after another person has no more use for it; especially, used clothing. Alice had …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. сущ. 1) подержанное платье 2) вещь, передаваемая по наследству Syn : heirloom 3) готовое платье 2. прил. 1) подержанный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HAND-ME-DOWN — Готовый
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. ʹhændmı͵daʋn n 1. дешёвое готовое платье 2. подержанное или поношенное платье 2. ʹhændmı͵daʋn a 1. ( о платье ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. сущ.1) подержанное платье 2) вещь, передаваемая по наследству Syn:heirloom 3) готовое платье 2. прил.1) подержанный (о платье) 2) готовый …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HAND ME DOWN — (n) дешевое готовое платье; поношенное платье
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HAND ME DOWN — (a) готовый; недорогой; неизящный; подержанный; поношенный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. [ʹhændmı͵daʋn] n 1. дешёвое готовое платье 2. подержанное или поношенное платье 2. [ʹhændmı͵daʋn] a 1. ( о платье ) …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. ʹhændmı͵daʋn n 1. дешёвое готовое платье 2. подержанное или поношенное платье 2. ʹhændmı͵daʋn a 1. ( о платье ) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HAND ME DOWN — готовый, недорогой, подержанный, дешевое готовое платье, подержанное платье
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HAND ME DOWN — готовый, недорогой, подержанный, дешевое готовое платье, подержанное платье
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. сущ. 1) подержанное платье 2) вещь, передаваемая по наследству Syn: heirloom 3) готовое платье 2. прил. 1) подержанный ( …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. сущ. 1) подержанное платье 2) вещь, передаваемая по наследству Syn: heirloom 3) готовое платье 2. прил. 1) подержанный (о платье) 2) готовый (о платье)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HAND-ME-DOWN — _ам. _собир. 1. _n. 1> подержанное платье 2> готовое платье 2. _a. 1> подержанный (о платье) 2> готовый (о платье)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HAND-ME-DOWN — ам. собир. 1. n. 1. подержанное платье 2. готовое платье 2. a. 1. подержанный (о платье) 2. готовый (о платье)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HAND-ME-DOWN — _ам. _разг. 1. _n. 1> подержанное платье 2> готовое платье 2. _a. 1> подержанный (о платье) 2> готовый (о платье)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HAND-ME-DOWN — [adj.] [разг.] 1) готовый (о платье) 2) подержанный, поношенный
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — a разг. 1) готовый (о платье) ; 2) подержанный, поношенный
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
HAND-ME-DOWN — готовый
English-Russian Online Dictionary
HAND-ME-DOWN — 1. сущ. 1) подержанное платье 2) вещь, передаваемая по наследству Syn : heirloom 3) готовое платье 2. прил. 1) подержанный …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ME — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Me Nam River forget me not Messerschmitt 109 Me 109 touch me not
Английский словарь Британика
ME — I. (|)mē, _mi pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAND
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ME — (pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as the objective …
Английский словарь Webster
ME — ( pers. pron. ) The person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the first person used as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ME — /mee/ , pron. 1. the objective case of I , used as a direct or indirect object: They asked me …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAND
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAND — I. ˈhand noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hant hand Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pronoun, objective case of i Etymology: Middle English, from Old English mē; akin to Old High German mīh me, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ME — pron one. ·see men, ·pron 2. me (·pron·pers) the person speaking, regarded as an object; myself; a pronoun of the …
Webster English vocab
HAND — noun rate; price. 2. hand ·vi to cooperate. 3. hand ·noun a bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 4. hand …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
ME — [me] pron, objective case of i [ME, fr. OE me; akin to OHG mih me, L me, Gk me, Skt …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HAND — [hand] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG hant hand] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): the terminal part …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ME — pronoun , noun ■ pronoun / mi; NAmE ; strong form miː/ the form of I that is used when …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HAND — / hænd; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun PART OF BODY 1. [ C ] the part of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ME — me S1 W1 /mi; strong miː/ BrE AmE pronoun [object form of ‘I’] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HAND — I. hand 1 S1 W1 /hænd/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ hand , ↑ handful ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ME — pron. 1 objective case of I(2) (he saw me). 2 colloq. = I(2) (it's me all right; is taller than …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HAND — n. & v. --n. 1 a the end part of the human arm beyond the wrist, including the fingers and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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