LEAN, SIR DAVID

Meaning of LEAN, SIR DAVID in English

Lean, Sir David BrE AmE

(1908–91) a British film ↑ director who made many well-known films, such as ↑ Brief Encounter (1945), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Dr Zhivago (1965), and A Passage to India (1984)

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LEAN, SIR DAVID — born March 25, 1908, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died April 16, 1991, London British film director. He worked at Gaumont Studios …
Английский словарь Британика
LEAN, SIR DAVID — born March 25, 1908, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died April 16, 1991, London British film director whose literate, epic productions featured …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEAN, SIR DAVID — born March 25, 1908, Croydon, Surrey, Eng. died April 16, 1991, London British film director. He worked at Gaumont Studios …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SIR — Airport Name : Sion Airport Airport Location : Sion, Switzerland IATA Code : SIR ICAO Code : LSGS
Airport Code English Dictionary
DAVID — David ( Dawood ) was a Prophet of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an and the Old Testament.
Advanced Islamic English Dictionary
DAVID — David nprm David
Interlingua English vocab
DAVID — I. noun Etymology: Hebrew Dāwīdh Date: before 12th century a Hebrew shepherd who became the second king of Israel in …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Alma …
Английский словарь Британика
DAVID — I born Bethlehem, Judah died с 962 BC, Jerusalem Second of the Israelite kings (r. с 1000–с 962 BC). David …
Английский словарь Британика
SIR — I. R _sər, |sər, + vowel |sər.; - R _sə, (|)sə̄, South often |sə+ suffixal vowel ˈsər. also ˈsə̄r, + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; or chiefly British leant ˈlent ; leaned or chiefly British …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAN — (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used …
Английский словарь Webster
LEAN — ( v. i. ) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SIR — /serr/ , n. 1. a respectful or formal term of address used to a man: No, sir. 2. ( cap. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAN — lean 1 /leen/ , v. , leaned or ( esp. Brit. ) leant; leaning; n. v.i. 1. to incline or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAVID — /day"vid/ for 1, 2, 5; Fr. /dann veed"/ for 3, 5; Sp. /dah veedh"/ for 4, 5 , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DAVID — n. male first name; family name; Hebrew shepherd who killed Goliath by a stone and who became second king of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LEAN — I. ˈlēn verb ( leaned ˈlēnd, chiefly Brit ˈlent ; lean·ing ˈlē-niŋ) Etymology: Middle English lenen, from Old English hleonian; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DAVID — I. ˈdā-vəd noun Etymology: Hebrew Dāwīdh Date: before 12th century 1. : a Hebrew shepherd who became the second king …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from sire Date: 13th century 1. a. : a man entitled to be addressed as sir …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIR — noun a title prefixed to the christian name of a knight or a baronet. 2. sir ·noun a man of …
Webster English vocab
LEAN — noun unremunerative copy or work. 2. lean ·vt to conceal. 3. lean ·noun that part of flesh which consist principally …
Webster English vocab
SIR — [sir] n [ME, fr. sire] (13c) 1 a: a man entitled to be addressed as sir--used as a title before …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAN — [lean] vb leaned ; lean.ing [ME lenen, fr. OE hleonian; akin to OHG hlinen to lean, Gk klinein, L clinare] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAVID — [Da.vid] n [Heb Dawidh] 1: a Hebrew shepherd who became the second king of Israel in succession to Saul according …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DAVID — capital of Chiriqu province, western Panama, on the Ro David and surrounded by fruit groves. It is Panama's fourth largest …
Britannica English vocabulary
SIR — sir, Sir strong form BrE AmE sɜː AmE sɝː , weak form sə AmE s ə r —The weak form …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DAVID — David BrE AmE ˈdeɪv ɪd § \ -əd —but as a non-English name also dæ ˈviːd
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIR — / sɜː(r); NAmE ; sə(r)/ noun 1. used as a polite way of addressing a man whose name you do …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — / liːn; NAmE / verb , adjective , noun ■ verb ( leaned , leaned ) ( BrE also leant …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIR — sir S1 W3 /sə; strong sɜː $ sər strong sɜːr/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAN — I. lean 1 S3 /liːn/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle leaned or leant /lent/ especially British …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DAVID — I. Da ‧ vid /ˈdeɪvəd, ˈdeɪvɪd/ BrE AmE a ↑ statue of a young man made by the artist ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIR — n. 1 a polite or respectful form of address or mode of reference to a man. 2 (Sir) a titular …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. --adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAN — adj. & n. adj. 1 (of a person or animal) thin; having no superfluous fat. 2 (of meat) containing little …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — v. & n. v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, back, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAN — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. leaned or leant) 1. intr. & tr. (often foll. by across, …
Oxford English vocab
SIR — ( sirs) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. People sometimes say sir …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAN — ( leans, leaning, leaned, leant, leaner, leanest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. People sometimes say ~ as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIR — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE dear ▪ The pity is that you married this lady, dear sir . ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lean back in your chair ▪ He leant back in his chair and took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIR — (MAN) [noun] [as form of address] [formal] - used as a formal and polite way of speaking to a man, …
Cambridge English vocab
SIR — Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell Ahmad Khan Sir Sayyid Allbutt Sir Thomas Clifford Alma Tadema Sir Lawrence Amis Sir Kingsley …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAVID — n. Abernathy Ralph David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Baltimore David Belasco David Ben Gurion David David Gruen Bergey David Hendricks …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAVID — n. born Bethlehem, Judah died 0441; 962 BC, Jerusalem Second of the Israelite kings (r. 0441; 1000 0441; 962 BC). …
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DAVID — n. born 0441; 1082 died May 24, 1153, Carlisle, Cumberland, Eng. King of the Scots (112453). The youngest of six …
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DAVID — n. born March 5, 1324, Dunfermline, Fife, Scot. died Feb. 22, 1372, Scotland King of the Scots from 1329. In …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DAVID — n. known as David the Builder born 1073 died 1125 King of Georgia (10891125). Sometimes known as David III, he …
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LEAN — Synonyms and related words : Lenten, Spartan, abstemious, acquiesce, agree, angular, angularity, arid, ascend, ascetic, austere, bad, bald, bank, bare, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LEAN — I. verb ADVERB ▪ heavily ▪ lightly ▪ slightly ▪ casually , comfortably , lazily , nonchalantly ▪ Kate ~ed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SIR — • ↑ Dear Sir/Sirs/Sir or Madam
Longman Activator English vocab
LEAN — n. 25B6; adjective a tall, lean man : SLIM, thin, slender, spare, wiry, lanky. a lean harvest : MEAGRE, sparse, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DAVID — I . Elizabeth David (1913–92) an English writer of cookery books, especially about French and Italian cooking. She was a …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SIR — the title used before the first name of a knight or baronet : Sir Cliff Richard Sir John is in …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
SIR — 1) сэр, сударь (вежливое обращение к мужчине, особ. стоящему выше по положению, в т.ч. к учителю; обязательно в обращении к …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
LEAN — v. 1 rest (against or on or upon), be held up or supported by She leant her head on his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LEAN — adj. 1 thin, slim, slender, rangy, spare, wiry, lanky, lank, skinny, angular, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, gangling, gangly, spare, meagre, skeletal, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DAVID — Digital Audio Video Interactive Decoder
Computer Acronyms English vocab
DAVID — [Judaic] David, in Hebrew the name means "beloved" or possibly "chieftain," was a gifted at playing the lyre (1 Samuel …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
DAVID — (well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided into three portions: â His youth before his introduction to …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
DAVID — well-beloved, dear
Bible Names English vocab

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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