POUR / THROW COLD WATER ON STH

Meaning of POUR / THROW COLD WATER ON STH in English

to give reasons for not being in favour of sth; to criticize sth

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

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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER — I Inorganic compound composed of hydrogen and oxygen (H 2 O), existing in liquid , gas ( steam , water …
Английский словарь Британика
WATER — I. ˈwȯ]d.ə(r), ˈwä], ]tə(r)\ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; or dialect throwed ˈthrōd ; or trun ˈtrən ; thrown ˈthrōn ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POUR — I. ˈpō(ə)r, ˈpȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) sometimes ˈpu̇(ə)r or -u̇ə verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English pouren transitive verb 1. …
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ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLD — I. ˈkōld adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cald, ceald; akin to Old High German kalt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POUR — (v. t.) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out …
Английский словарь Webster
POUR — ( v. t. ) To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — — waterer , n. — waterless , adj. — waterlessly , adv. — waterlessness , n. — waterlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POUR — — pourable , adj. — pourability , n. — pourer , n. — pouringly , adv. /pawr, pohr/ , v.t. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLD — — coldish , adj. — coldly , adv. — coldness , n. /kohld/ , adj., colder, coldest , n., adv. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WATER — I. ˈwȯ-tər, ˈwä- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English wæter; akin to Old High German wazzar …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THROW — I. ˈthrō verb ( threw ˈthrü ; thrown ˈthrōn ; throw·ing ) Etymology: Middle English thrawen, throwen to cause to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POUR — I. ˈpȯr verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. : to cause to flow in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLD — I. ˈkōld adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ceald, cald; akin to Old High German kalt cold, Latin gelu …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WATER — vi to get or take in water; as, the ship put into port to water. 2. water ·noun any liquid …
Webster English vocab
THROW — noun a stroke; a blow. 2. throw ·noun an effort; a violent sally. 3. throw ·noun a turner's lathe; a …
Webster English vocab
POUR — adj poor. 2. pour ·vi to pore. 3. pour ·noun a stream, or something like a stream; a flood. 4. …
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COLD — vi to become cold. 2. cold ·noun not pungent or acrid. 3. cold ·noun not sensitive; not acute. 4. cold …
Webster English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
THROW — [throw] vb threw ; thrown ; throw.ing [ME thrawen, throwen to cause to twist, throw, fr. OE thrawan to cause …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POUR — [pour] vb [ME] vt (14c) 1 a: to cause to flow in a stream b: to dispense from a container …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLD — [cold] adj [ME, fr. OE ceald, cald; akin to OHG kalt cold, L gelu frost, gelare to freeze] (bef. 12c) …
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WATER — a substance composed of the chemical elements hydrogen and oxygen and existing in gaseous, liquid, and solid states. Water is …
Britannica English vocabulary
WATER — water BrE AmE ˈwɔːt ə AmE ˈwɔːt̬ ə r ˈwɑːt̬- ▷ water|ed d ▷ watering ˈwɔːt‿ ə r ɪŋ AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLD — cold BrE AmE kəʊld ⇨kɒʊld AmE koʊld ▷ colder ˈkəʊld ə ⇨ˈkɒʊld- AmE ˈkoʊld ə r ▷ coldest ˈkəʊld ɪst …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — / θrəʊ; NAmE θroʊ/ verb , noun ■ verb ( threw / θruː; NAmE /, thrown / θrəʊn; NAmE θroʊn/) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — / pɔː(r); NAmE / verb 1. [ vn , usually + adv. / prep. ] to make a liquid or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLD — / kəʊld; NAmE koʊld/ adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( cold·er , cold·est ) LOW TEMPERATURE 1. having …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WATER — I. wa ‧ ter 1 S1 W1 /ˈwɔːtə $ ˈwɒːtər, ˈwɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THROW — I. throw 1 S1 W1 /θrəʊ $ θroʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense threw /θruː/, past participle thrown /θrəʊn …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POUR — pour S2 W3 /pɔː $ pɔːr/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from French dialect purer , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COLD — I. cold 1 S1 W1 /kəʊld $ koʊld/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative colder , superlative coldest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H[2]O. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WATER — n. & v. n. 1 a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. °Chem. formula: H [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THROW — v. & n. v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1 propel with some force through the air or in a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POUR — v. 1 intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by down, out, over, etc.) flow or cause to flow esp. downwards in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLD — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WATER — n. & v. --n. 1. a colourless transparent odourless tasteless liquid compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Usage: Chem. formula: H2O …
Oxford English vocab
THROW — v. & n. --v.tr. (past threw; past part. thrown) 1. propel with some force through the air or in a …
Oxford English vocab
COLD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, esp. when compared with the …
Oxford English vocab
WATER — ( waters, watering, watered) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Water is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THROW — ( throws, throwing, threw, thrown) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POUR — ( pours, pouring, poured) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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COLD — ( colder, coldest, colds) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THROW — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a court dismisses/throws out sth (= refuses to allow or consider something ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POUR — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES it is pouring with rain British English , it is pouring rain American English (= …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COLD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cold/chill wind ▪ There was a cold wind this afternoon. a cold/cough/flu remedy …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WATER — [noun] [U] - a clear liquid, without colour or taste, which falls from the sky as rain and is necessary …
Cambridge English vocab
POUR — (CAUSE TO FLOW) [verb] - to make (a substance) flow from a container, esp. into another container, by raising just …
Cambridge English vocab
COLD — (UNFRIENDLY) [adjective] -er, -est - not showing or influenced by affection, kindness or feeling and not friendlyHis handshake was cold, …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
POUR — Synonyms and related words : Niagara, abound, accord, administer, afford, allot, allow, award, bail, beat, bestow, bestow on, blow out, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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