SHEET LIGHTNING

Meaning of SHEET LIGHTNING in English

ˌsheet ˈlightning BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a type of ↑ lightning that appears as a sudden flash of brightness covering a large area of sky

⇨ ↑ forked lightning

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

SHEET LIGHTNING — noun Date: 1794 lightning in diffused or sheet form due to reflection and diffusion by the clouds and sky
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHEET LIGHTNING — noun : lightning in diffused or sheet form due to reflection and diffusion by the clouds and sky
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEET LIGHTNING — lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHEET LIGHTNING — Date: 1794 : lightning in diffused or sheet form due to reflection and diffusion by the clouds and sky
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHEET LIGHTNING — Function: noun Date: 1794 : lightning in diffused or sheet form due to reflection and diffusion by the clouds and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SHEET LIGHTNING — ■ noun lightning with its brightness diffused by reflection within clouds.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SHEET LIGHTNING — [sheet lightning] n (1794): lightning in diffused or sheet form due to reflection and diffusion by the clouds and sky
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHEET LIGHTNING — noun [ U ] lightning that appears as a broad area of light in the sky —compare forked lightning
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEET LIGHTNING — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Continuous sheet lightning made the use of a torch in the ten unnecessary. ▪ Ronni …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница Syn : heat-lightning, summer lightning рассеянная вспышка молнии; зарница; сплошная молния
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHEET LIGHTNING — рассеянная вспышка молнии; зарница; сплошная молния
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHEET LIGHTNING — сплошная молния
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHEET LIGHTNING — рассеянная вспышка молнии; зарница; сплошная молния
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SHEET LIGHTNING — рассеянная вспышка молнии; зарница; сплошная молния
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница Syn: heat-lightning , summer lightning
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница Syn: heat-lightning, summer lightning
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SHEET LIGHTNING — _n. зарница
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русский морской словарь
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница Syn : heat-lightning, summer lightning рассеянная вспышка молнии; зарница; сплошная молния
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHEET LIGHTNING — зарница
Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — Visible discharge of electricity when part of the atmosphere acquires enough electrical charge to overcome the resistance of the air. …
Английский словарь Британика
SHEET — I. ˈshēt, usu -ēd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scȳte; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlītniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lightning, lightening, from gerund of lihtenen, lightenen to lighten — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHEET — sheet 1 — sheetless , adj. — sheetlike , adj. /sheet/ , n. 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton, …
Random House Webster's 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
SHEET — I. ˈshēt noun Etymology: Middle English shete, from Old English scēte, scīete; akin to Old English scēat edge, Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
SHEET — vt the book itself. 2. sheet ·vt to expand, as a sheet. 3. sheet ·vt a sail. 4. sheet ·vt …
Webster English vocab
SHEET — [sheet] n [ME shete, fr. OE scyte; akin to OE sceat edge, OHG scoz flap, skirt] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-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
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
SHEET — / ʃiːt; NAmE / noun ON BED 1. a large piece of thin cloth used on a bed to lie …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — / ˈlaɪtnɪŋ; NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun [ U ] a flash, or several flashes, of very bright …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHEET — sheet S1 W2 /ʃiːt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: scyte ] 1 . FOR A …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTNING — I. light ‧ ning 1 /ˈlaɪtnɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: lighten 'to become less dark' …
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
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHEET — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a large rectangular piece of cotton or other fabric, used esp. in pairs as …
Oxford English vocab
LIGHTNING — n. & adj. --n. a flash of bright light produced by an electric discharge between clouds or between clouds and …
Oxford English vocab
SHEET — ( sheets) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A sheet is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
SHEET
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIGHTNING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES at/with lightning speed (= very quickly ) ▪ He moved with his usual lightning …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHEET — [noun] [C] - a large thin flat esp. rectangular piece of something, esp. a piece of cloth used for sleeping …
Cambridge English vocab
LIGHTNING — [noun] [U] - a flash of bright light in the sky which is produced by electricity moving between clouds or …
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
SHEET — noun 1 large piece of fabric used on a bed ADJECTIVE ▪ clean , crisp , fresh ▪ a pile …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ ball , forked , sheet ▪ Forked ~ flickered across the sky. ▪ heat ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SHEET — n. 1 bed-sheet, crib-sheet, fitted sheet, flat sheet, US contour sheet How often do you change the sheets on your …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SHEET — I 1. сущ. 1) простыня (предмет постельного белья) to change the sheets ≈ менять простыни to put on clean sheets …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTNING — сущ. 1) молния lightning flashes ≈ молния сверкает lightning strikes ≈ молния ударяет ball lightning ≈ шаровая молния forked lightning …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHEET — sheet.ogg 1. ʃi:t n 1. простыня between the sheets - разг. в постели as white as a sheet - бледный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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
SHEET — 1) лист 2) метал. (тонкий) лист; тонколистовая сталь 3) обшивать листами 4) горн. пласт, прослойка 5) слой 6) пластин(к)а; полоса; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LIGHTNING — 1) молния, грозовой разряд 2) грозовая помеха 3) швейн. застёжка-молния • - artificially triggered lightning - ball lightning - band …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SHEET — 1) лист 2) метал. (тонкий) лист; тонколистовая сталь 3) обшивать листами 4) горн. пласт, прослойка 5) слой 6) пластин(к)а; полоса; плёнка 7) листовой каучук 8) диаграмма; график; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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