THE HEAVY MOB / BRIGADE

Meaning of THE HEAVY MOB / BRIGADE in English

( BrE , informal ) a group of strong, often violent people employed to do sth such as protect sb

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

MOB — I. ˈmäb noun ( -s ) 1. [origin unknown] obsolete : undress , dishabille 2. [perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HEAVY — I. ˈhevē, -vi adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig, Old Saxon hēbig; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRIGADE — I. brə̇ˈgād noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Middle French, from Old Italian brigata, feminine of brigato, past participle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOB — (v. t.) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or a person.
Английский словарь Webster
BRIGADE — (v. t.) To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
Английский словарь Webster
BRIGADE — (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade.
Английский словарь Webster
MOB — ( v. t. ) To crowd about, as a mob, and attack or annoy; as, to mob a house or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BRIGADE — ( v. t. ) To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BRIGADE — ( n. ) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOB — — mobber, mobbist , n. — mobbish , adj. — mobbishly , adv. — mobbishness , n. — mobbism , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAVY — — heaviness , n. /hev"ee/ , adj., heavier, heaviest , n. , pl. heavies , adv. adj. 1. of great …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRIGADE — /bri gayd"/ , n. , v. , brigaded, brigading . n. 1. a military unit having its own headquarters and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HEAVY — I. ˈhe-vē adjective ( heavi·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English hevy, from Old English hefig; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRIGADE — I. bri-ˈgād noun Etymology: French, from Italian brigata, from brigare to fight — more at brigand Date: 1634 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOB — noun a mobcap. 2. mob ·vt to wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl. 3. mob ·noun the lower …
Webster English vocab
HEAVY — vt to make heavy. 2. heavy ·adj having the heaves. 3. heavy ·superl with child; pregnant. 4. heavy ·superl not …
Webster English vocab
BRIGADE — vt to form into a brigade, or into brigades. 2. brigade ·noun any body of persons organized for acting or …
Webster English vocab
MOB — [mob] n [L mobile vulgus vacillating crowd] (1688) 1: a large or disorderly crowd; esp: one bent on riotous or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HEAVY — [heavy] adj heavi.er ; -est [ME hevy, fr. OE hefig; akin to OHG hebic heavy, OE hebban to lift--more at …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRIGADE — [bri.gade] n [F, fr. It brigata, fr. brigare] (1637) 1 a: a large body of troops b: a tactical and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRIGADE — brigade BrE AmE brɪ ˈɡeɪd brə- ▷ brigade|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOB — / mɒb; NAmE mɑːb/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , sing.+ sing./pl. v . ] a large …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVY — / ˈhevi; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( heav·ier , heavi·est ) WEIGHING A LOT 1. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRIGADE — / brɪˈgeɪd; NAmE / noun 1. a large group of soldiers that forms a unit of an army 2. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOB — I. mob 1 /mɒb $ mɑːb/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: mobile vulgus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HEAVY — I. heav ‧ y 1 S1 W1 /ˈhevi/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative heavier , superlative heaviest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRIGADE — bri ‧ gade /brɪˈɡeɪd/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: French ; Origin: Italian brigata , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOB — n. & v. --n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HEAVY — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (heavier, heaviest) 1 of great or exceptionally high weight; difficult to lift. 2 a of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRIGADE — n. & v. --n. 1 Mil. a a subdivision of an army. b a British infantry unit consisting usu. of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOB — n. & v. n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HEAVY — adj., n., & adv. adj. (heavier, heaviest) 1 of great or exceptionally high weight; difficult to lift. 2 a of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRIGADE — n. & v. n. 1 Mil. a a subdivision of an army. b a British infantry unit consisting usu. of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOB — n. & v. --n. 1. a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. …
Oxford English vocab
HEAVY — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (heavier, heaviest) 1. of great or exceptionally high weight; difficult to lift. 2 a of …
Oxford English vocab
BRIGADE — n. & v. --n. 1. Mil. a a subdivision of an army. b a British infantry unit consisting usu. of …
Oxford English vocab
MOB — ( mobs, mobbing, mobbed) 1. A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. The inspectors watched …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HEAVY — ( heavier, heaviest, heavies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRIGADE — ( brigades) A brigade is one of the groups which an army is divided into. ...the men of the Seventh …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOB — (~s, ~bing, ~bed) 1. A ~ is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. The inspectors watched a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BRIGADE — (~s) A ~ is one of the groups which an army is divided into. ...the men of the Seventh Armoured …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MOB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES lynch mob mob cap COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE angry ▪ An angry mob …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAVY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/major/serious/heavy blow ▪ The earthquake was a serious blow to the area’s tourism …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRIGADE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES fire brigade COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN commander ▪ The senior military advisor to the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOB — (GROUP) [noun] [C + singular or plural verb] [informal] - a large group of people involved in similar activities, which …
Cambridge English vocab
HEAVY — (WEIGHING A LOT) [adjective] -ier, -iest - weighing a lot; needing effort to move or liftThe piano's much too heavy …
Cambridge English vocab
BRIGADE — [noun] [C] - one of the groups into which an army is divided, consisting of two or more battalionsJones and …
Cambridge English vocab
MOB — I. mob noun 1. Synonyms: rabble , canaille, dreg(s), mass(es), proletariat, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, scum, trash, unwashed 2. a …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOB — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ angry , hostile , unruly ▪ baying ( BrE ), bloodthirsty , frenzied , howling , rioting …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BRIGADE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ airborne ( AmE ), armoured/armored , combat ( AmE ), fire ( BrE ), infantry VERB + …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HEAVY — INDEX: 1. weighing a lot 2. how heavy someone or something is RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ LIGHT see also ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
BRIGADE — • ↑ the fire brigade
Longman Activator English vocab
MOB — n. 25B6; noun troops dispersed the mob : CROWD, horde, multitude, rabble, mass, throng, group, gang, gathering, assemblage; archaic rout. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HEAVY — n. 25B6; adjective a heavy box : WEIGHTY, hefty, substantial, ponderous; solid, dense, leaden; burdensome; informal hulking, weighing a ton. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRIGADE — n. 25B6; noun a brigade of soldiers : UNIT, contingent, battalion, regiment, division, squadron, company, platoon, section, corps, troop. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOB — n. 1 horde, host, press, throng, crowd, pack, herd, swarm, crush, jam, multitude, mass, body, assemblage, collection, group The mob …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MOB — 1. сущ. 1) а) сборище, толпа; большая группа людей to inflame, stir up a mob ≈ возбуждать толпу to control, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HEAVY — 1. прил. 1) тяжелый Syn : weighty 2) крупный; толстый The boy is so heavy he needs extra-large shirts. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRIGADE — 1. сущ. 1) воен. бригада 2) бригада, артель, команда, отряд, группа The rest were organized into three brigades, and sent …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOB — mob.ogg _I 1. mɒb n 1. 1> толпа, сборище to form a mob, to gather into a mob - образовать …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HEAVY — _I 1. ʹhevı n 1. = heavyweight I 2. 1> (the Heavies) гвардейские драгуны ( в английской армии ) 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRIGADE — brigade.ogg 1. brıʹgeıd n 1. бригада; команда; отряд 2. воен. бригада brigade commander - командир бригады brigade group - усиленная …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRIGADE — бригада; команда; группа - bucket brigade - fire brigade
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
BRIGADE — бригада; команда; группа - bucket brigade - fire brigade
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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