HIGH WIRE

Meaning of HIGH WIRE in English

noun

[ usually sing. ] a rope or wire that is stretched high above the ground, and used by circus performers

SYN tightrope

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HIGH-WIRE — adjective Date: 1956 involving great risk , daring
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HIGH-WIRE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ( ̷ ̷ ) adjective Etymology: high wire , noun 1. : involving great risk a financial high-wire act 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — noun : a tightrope considerably higher above ground than the one ordinarily used
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — a tightrope stretched very high above the ground. [ 1880-85 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH-WIRE — adjective Date: 1956 1. : involving great risk a financial high-wire act 2. : daring high-wire prose
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGH-WIRE — Pronunciation: ' h ī - ˌ w ī (- ə )r Function: adjective Date: 1956 1 : involving great risk …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — ■ noun a high tightrope.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HIGH-WIRE — [high-wire] adj (1956) 1: involving great risk "a financial ~ act" 2: daring "~ prose"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH-WIRE — high-wire BrE AmE ˌhaɪ ˈwa ɪ ‿ə ◂ AmE \ ˈhaɪ waɪ ə r
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — ˈhigh wire BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular] a tightly stretched rope or wire high above the ground that someone …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH-WIRE — see high wire
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — also high-wire ( high wires) 1. A high wire is a length of rope or wire stretched tight high above …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH WIRE — also high-wire (~s) 1. A ~ is a length of rope or wire stretched tight high above the ground and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGH-WIRE — see high wire
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HIGH WIRE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Below Manescu saw a complex of concrete buildings and a circular tower block surrounded by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка) натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока ( под куполом цирка )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока ( под куполом цирка )
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HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока ( под куполом цирка )
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HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока ( под куполом цирка )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HIGH WIRE — _n. натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
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HIGH WIRE — n. натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
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HIGH WIRE — натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка) натянутая проволока (под куполом цирка)
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HIGH — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty …
Английский словарь Британика
WIRE — I. ˈwī(ə)r, -īə noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīr; akin to Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HIGH
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WIRE — — wirable , adj. — wirelike , adj. /wuyeur/ , n., adj., v., wired, wiring . n. 1. a slender, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HIGH — /huy/ , adj., higher, highest , adv., higher, highest , n. adj. 1. having a great or considerable extent or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WIRE — I. ˈwī(-ə)r noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wīr; akin to Old High German wiara fine …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HIGH — I. ˈhī adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hēah; akin to Old High German hōh high, Lithuanian kaukaras hill …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WIRE — vi to send a telegraphic message. 2. wire ·add. ·noun a knitting needle. 3. wire ·vt to send (a message) …
Webster English vocab
HIGH — vi to hie. 2. high ·noun the highest card dealt or drawn. 3. high ·noun people of rank or high …
Webster English vocab
WIRE — [wire] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE wir; akin to OHG wiara fine gold work, L viere to plait, and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HIGH — [high] adj [ME, fr. OE heah; akin to OHG hoh high, Lith kaukaras hill] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having large …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WIRE — thread or slender rod, usually very flexible and circular in cross section, made from various metals and alloys, including iron, …
Britannica English vocabulary
HIGH — high BrE AmE haɪ ▷ higher ˈha ɪ ‿ə AmE ˈhaɪ‿ ə r ▷ highest ˈha ɪ ‿ɪst əst ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WIRE — / ˈwaɪə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U , C ] metal in the form of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HIGH — I. high 1 S1 W1 /haɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative higher , superlative highest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WIRE — n. & v. --n. 1 a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HIGH
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WIRE — n. & v. n. 1 a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HIGH
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WIRE — n. & v. --n. 1. a metal drawn out into the form of a thread or thin flexible rod. b …
Oxford English vocab
HIGH
Oxford English vocab
WIRE — ( wires, wiring, wired) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A wire …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HIGH
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WIRE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES barbed wire ▪ a high barbed wire fence chicken wire high wire live wire …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HIGH — n. High Plateau high blood pressure Aswan High Dam High Commission Court of High Court of Admiralty high jump high …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HIGH — Synonyms and related words : Dutch courage, Gymnasium, Hydromatic, Latin school, Olympian, Realgymnasium, Realschule, a bit much, a high, abandoned, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HIGH — n. high and low high and mighty high flown high handed high hat high hearted high jinks high minded high …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HIGH — INDEX: high above the ground 1. a long way above the ground 2. a high building/mountain/tree etc 3. how high …
Longman Activator English vocab
HIGH — n. 25B6; adjective a high mountain : TALL, lofty, towering, elevated, giant, big; multi-storey, high-rise. a high position in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WIRE — 1. сущ. 1) проволока barbed wire ≈ колючая проволока copper wire ≈ медная проволока 2) электрический провод; телеграфный или телефонный …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HIGH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WIRE — wire.ogg 1. ʹwaıə n 1. проволока elastic wire - проволочная пружина 2. электрический провод 3. 1> телеграфный или телефонный провод …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HIGH — 1. haı n 1. высшая точка, максимум to be in /at/ the high - достигнуть высшего уровня /предела, максимума/ an …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WIRE
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WIRE
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WIRE — 1) связь депеша 2) донесение 3) игольчатый чесальный 4) металлический 5) монтировать 6) передавать по проводам 7) провод 8) проволока 9) проволочный 10) соединять проводами • angular wire gauge — разрезной …
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