FIG LEAF

Meaning of FIG LEAF in English

noun Date: 14th century the leaf of a fig tree, something that conceals or camouflages usually inadequately or dishonestly

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FIG LEAF — noun 1. : the leaf of a fig tree 2. : something that conceals, masks, or camouflages usually inadequately, prudishly, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIG LEAF — 1. the leaf of a fig tree. 2. a representation of a fig leaf, used as an ornament in architecture, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIG LEAF — leaf of a fig tree; something which conceals or hides (usually insufficiently or inadequately)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIG LEAF — Date: 14th century 1. : the leaf of a fig tree 2. [from the use by Adam and Eve of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIG LEAF — Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 : the leaf of a fig tree 2 [from the use by Adam and …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIG LEAF — ■ noun a leaf of a fig tree, often used for concealing the genitals in paintings and sculpture. Origin C16: …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIG LEAF — [fig leaf] n (14c) 1: the leaf of a fig tree 2. [fr. the use by Adam and Eve of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG LEAF
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIG LEAF — ( fig leaves) 1. A fig leaf is a large leaf which comes from the fig tree. A fig leaf …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG LEAF — (fig leaves) 1. A ~ is a large leaf which comes from the fig tree. A ~ is sometimes used …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
FIG LEAF — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there is more fig leaf than fact in this rationalization. ▪ But this fig …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист фиговый лист, листок (часто перен.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIG-LEAF — сущ. фиговый лист(ок) n фиговый лист fig-leaf фиговый лист(ок)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIG LEAF — Фиговый лист
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
FIG LEAF — ( pl -leaves -ʹfıgli:vz ) фиговый лист, листок ( часто перен. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIG-LEAF — _n. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIG-LEAF — сущ.фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIG LEAF — ( pl -leaves [-{ʹfıg}li:vz] ) фиговый лист, листок ( часто перен. )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FIG LEAF — ( pl -leaves -ʹfıgli:vz ) фиговый лист, листок ( часто перен. )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист, фиговый листок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист, фиговый листок
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIG-LEAF — сущ. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIG-LEAF — сущ. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIG-LEAF — _n. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FIG-LEAF — n. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FIG-LEAF — фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FIG-LEAF — _n. фиговый лист(ок)
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
FIG LEAF — Фиговый лист
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
FIG-LEAF — [n.] фиговый лист
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
FIG-LEAF — n фиговый лист
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
FIG-LEAF — сущ. фиговый лист(ок) n фиговый лист fig-leaf фиговый лист(ок)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIG LEAF — фиговый лист фиговый лист, листок (часто перен.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LEAF — I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant . Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose , which …
Английский словарь Британика
FIG — Any plant of the genus Ficus , in the mulberry family , especially Ficus carica , the common fig. Yielding …
Английский словарь Британика
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz) Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEAF — — leafless , adj. — leaflike , adj. /leef/ , n. , pl. leaves /leevz/ , v. n. 1. one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIG — fig 1 /fig/ , n. 1. any tree or shrub belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, esp. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz ; also leafs ˈlēfs) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIG — I. ˈfig noun Etymology: Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin * fica, from Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAF — vi to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in may. 2. leaf ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
FIG — noun figure; dress; array. 2. fig ·noun a small piece of tobacco. 3. fig ·noun to put into the head …
Webster English vocab
LEAF — [leaf] n, pl leaves also leafs often attrib [ME leef, fr. OE leaf; akin to OHG loub leaf] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAF — in botany, any usually flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIG — plant of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family (Moraceae), especially Ficus carica, the common fig. Ficus carica, which yields …
Britannica English vocabulary
FIG — fig BrE AmE fɪɡ ▷ figged fɪɡd ▷ figging ˈfɪɡ ɪŋ ▷ figs fɪɡz ▶ ˈ fig leaf BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEAF — / liːf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. leaves / liːvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG — / fɪg; NAmE / noun a soft sweet fruit that is full of small seeds and often eaten dried : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAF — I. leaf 1 S2 W2 /liːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural leaves /liːvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIG — fig /fɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: figue , from Latin ficus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIG — n. & v. --n. 1 dress or equipment (in full fig). 2 condition or form (in good fig). --v.tr. (figged, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIG — n. 1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAF — n. & v. n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIG — n. & v. n. 1 dress or equipment (in full fig). 2 condition or form (in good fig). v.tr. (figged, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIG — n. 1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1. a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Oxford English vocab
FIG — 1. n.1 a a soft pear-shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig-tree) any deciduous …
Oxford English vocab
LEAF — ( leaves, leafs, leafing, leafed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIG. — 1. In books and magazines, fig. is used as an abbreviation for figure in order to tell the reader which …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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