IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER

Meaning of IN THE BLEAK MID-WINTER in English

ˌIn the ˌBleak Mid-ˈWinter BrE AmE

a ↑ carol (=a traditional religious song sung at Christmas) which is especially popular in the UK

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BLEAK — desert, frigid; trist
English interlingue dictionary
BLEAK — adjective Etymology: Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc Date: 1574 exposed and barren and often windswept, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WINTER — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) nuclear winter {{link=Winter War">Winter War
Английский словарь Британика
WINTER — I. ˈwintə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MID — I. ˈmid adjective Etymology: Middle English mid, midde, from Old English midd, midde; akin to Old High German mitti mid, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
IN — I. (|)in, ən; usu ə n after t, d, s, or z as in “split in two”, often ə m …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLEAK — I. ˈblēk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English bleke pale, probably alteration (influenced by Middle English blok pale, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WINTER — (v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
Английский словарь Webster
WINTER — (v. i.) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Английский словарь Webster
MID — (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
Английский словарь Webster
BLEAK — (a.) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
Английский словарь Webster
WINTER — ( v. i. ) To pass the winter; to hibernate; as, to winter in Florida.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WINTER — ( v. i. ) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter; as, to winter young cattle on straw.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MID — ( superl. ) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BLEAK — ( a. ) Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WINTER — — winterer , n. — winterish , adj. — winterishly , adv. — winterless , adj. /win"teuhr/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MID- — a combining form representing mid 1 in compound words: midday; mid-Victorian. [ ME, OE; see MID 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MID — mid 1 /mid/ , adj. 1. being at or near the middle point of: in mid autumn. 2. being or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLEAK — bleak 1 — bleakish , adj. — bleakly , adv. — bleakness , n. /bleek/ , adj., bleaker, bleakest . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WINTER — v. spend or pass the winter; keep or feed during the winter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WINTER — I. ˈwin-tər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wintar winter and perhaps to Lithuanian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MID — I. ˈmid adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English midde; akin to Old High German mitti middle, Latin medius, Greek …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLEAK — adjective Etymology: Middle English bleke pale; probably akin to Old English blāc Date: 1574 1. : exposed and barren and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WINTER — noun the period of decay, old age, death, or the like. 2. winter ·vi to keep, feed or manage, during …
Webster English vocab
MID — noun middle. 2. mid ·prep ·see amid. 3. mid ·superl denoting the middle part; as, in mid ocean. 4. mid …
Webster English vocab
BLEAK — adj without color; pale; pallid. 2. bleak ·adj desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. 3. bleak ·adj cold and …
Webster English vocab
WINTER — [win.ter] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG wintar winter and perh. to Lith vanduo water, OE waeter--more at water] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLEAK — [bleak] adj [ME bleke pale; prob. akin to OE blac] (1574) 1: exposed and barren and often windswept 2: cold, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WINTER — coldest season of the year, between autumn and spring; the name comes from an old Germanic word that means time …
Britannica English vocabulary
BLEAK — (Alburnus alburnus), small, slender fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, found in rivers and lakes of England and Europe. A …
Britannica English vocabulary
WINTER — winter, W~ BrE AmE ˈwɪnt ə AmE ˈwɪn t̬ ə r ▷ winter|ed d ▷ wintering ˈwɪnt‿ ə r ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MID — mid BrE AmE mɪd ▶ ˌ Mid Gla ˈ morgan BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLEAK — bleak BrE AmE bliːk ▷ bleaker ˈbliːk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ bleakest ˈbliːk ɪst -əst
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WINTER — / ˈwɪntə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U , C ] the coldest season of the year, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLEAK — / bliːk; NAmE / adjective ( bleak·er , bleak·est ) 1. ( of a situation ) not encouraging or giving …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WINTER — I. win ‧ ter 1 S2 W2 /ˈwɪntə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MID- — mid- /mɪd/ BrE AmE prefix [ Language: Old English ; Origin: midde ] middle: a young woman in her mid-twenties …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLEAK — bleak /bliːk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: bleikr 'pale, white' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WINTER — n. & v. --n. 1 the coldest season of the year, in the N. hemisphere from December to February and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MID — attrib.adj. 1 (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLEAK — adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). øøbleakly adv. bleakness n. [16th c.: rel. to obs. adjs. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WINTER — n. & v. n. 1 the coldest season of the year, in the n. hemisphere from December to February and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MID — attrib.adj. 1 (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLEAK — adj. 1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). bleakly adv. bleakness n. [ 16th c.: rel. to obs. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WINTER — n. & v. --n. 1. the coldest season of the year, in the N. hemisphere from December to February and …
Oxford English vocab
MID — 1. attrib.adj. 1. (usu. in comb.) that is the middle of (in mid-air; from mid-June to mid-July). 2 that is …
Oxford English vocab
BLEAK — 1. adj.1 bare, exposed; windswept. 2 unpromising; dreary (bleak prospects). Derivatives: bleakly adv. bleakness n. Etymology: 16th c.: rel. to …
Oxford English vocab
WINTER — ( winters, wintering, wintered) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Winter is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MID- — Mid- is used to form nouns or adjectives that refer to the middle part of a particular period of time, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLEAK — ( bleaker, bleakest) 1. If a situation is bleak , it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve. The immediate …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WINTER
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MID- — prefix EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Let's meet again mid-week. ▪ She's in her mid-20s. ▪ The house was built …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MID — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES early/mid/late eighties ▪ Hilda Simpson was a woman in her early eighties. early/mid/late fifties ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLEAK — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bleak/gloomy/grim picture (= giving the impression that something is or will be bad ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WINTER — [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition]Birds migrate so that they can winter (= spend the winter) in a warmer …
Cambridge English vocab
BLEAK — [adjective] -er, -est - (esp. of a place or the weather) cold and not welcoming, or (of a situation) hopelesssThe …
Cambridge English vocab
WINTER — n. Frederick the Winter King nuclear winter Winter War
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WINTER — Synonyms and related words : Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, aestival, arctic, autumn, autumnal, bitter weather, bleak weather, boreal, brumal, buy …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLEAK — adj. 1 without hope VERBS ▪ appear , be , look , seem ▪ become ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ extremely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLEAK — n. 25B6; adjective a bleak landscape : BARE, exposed, desolate, stark, desert, lunar, open, empty, windswept; treeless, without vegetation, denuded. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLEAK — adj. 1 cheerless, dreary, depressing, dismal, gloomy, sombre, melancholy, sad, unhappy, mournful 1940 was one of the bleakest periods in …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WINTER — 1. сущ. 1) зима hard, severe, harsh winter ≈ холодная зима mild winter ≈ мягкая зима, теплая зима 2) поэт. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MID- — прист. в середине mid-August ≈ в середине августа mid-ocean ≈ открытый океан mid-Atlantic ≈ посередине атлантического океана; нечто, характерное как …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MID — прил. 1) срединный, средний in mid air ≈ высоко в воздухе in mid course ≈ в пути from mid September …
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