CLOVE HITCH

Meaning of CLOVE HITCH in English

n. a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or rope that it crosses at right angles.

Etymology: old past part. of CLEAVE(1), as showing parallel separate lines

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

CLOVE HITCH — noun Etymology: Middle English cloven, clove divided, from past participle of clevien to cleave Date: circa 1769 a knot securing …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOVE HITCH — noun Etymology: clove (variant of cloven ) + hitch : a knot used to secure a rope temporarily to an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOVE HITCH — a knot or hitch for fastening a rope to a spar or larger rope, consisting of two half hitches made …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVE HITCH — builder's knot, knot consisting of two opposing half-hitches with the ends of the rope extending in opposite directions (used to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CLOVE HITCH — noun Etymology: Middle English cloven, clove divided, from past participle of clevien to cleave Date: circa 1769 : a knot …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOVE HITCH — Pronunciation: ' kl ō v- Function: noun Etymology: Middle English cloven, clove divided, from past participle of clevien to cleave …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CLOVE HITCH — ■ noun a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or another rope …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CLOVE HITCH — [clove hitch] n [ME cloven, clove divided, fr. pp. of clevien to cleave] (ca. 1769): a knot securing a rope …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVE HITCH — n. a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or rope that it …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOVE HITCH — n. a knot by which a rope is secured by passing it twice round a spar or rope that it …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOVE HITCH — мор. выбленочный узел (морское) выбленочный узел
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOVE HITCH — n мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CLOVE HITCH — n мор. выбленочный узел
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CLOVE HITCH — n мор. выбленочный узел
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CLOVE HITCH — мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CLOVE HITCH — мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CLOVE HITCH — _n. _мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CLOVE HITCH — n. мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CLOVE HITCH — _n. _мор. выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
CLOVE HITCH — узел выбленочный
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь морских терминов
CLOVE HITCH — выбленочный узел
Англо-Русский морской словарь
CLOVE HITCH — мор. выбленочный узел (морское) выбленочный узел
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLOVE — cariofil
English interlingue dictionary
CLOVE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLOVE — Small, reddish brown flower bud of the tropical evergreen tree Syzygium aromaticum (sometimes called Eugenia caryophyllata ), of the myrtle …
Английский словарь Британика
HITCH — I. ˈhich verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English hytchen transitive verb 1. : to move with jerks or jerkily …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOVE — I. ˈklōv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old Saxon cluf lōc garlic, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOVE — (n.) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOVE — (n.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the …
Английский словарь Webster
CLOVE — (n.) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), a native …
Английский словарь Webster
CLOVE — (v. t.) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill …
Английский словарь Webster
HITCH — ( n. ) A knot or noose in a rope which can be readily undone; -- intended for a temporary …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVE — ( v. t. ) A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVE — ( n. ) A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVE — ( n. ) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, / Caryophullus, aromatica), …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HITCH — hitch 1 — hitcher , n. /hich/ , v.t. 1. to fasten or tie, esp. temporarily, by means of a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVE — clove 1 /klohv/ , n. 1. the dried flower bud of a tropical tree, Syzygium aromaticum, of the myrtle family, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HITCH — I. ˈhich verb Etymology: Middle English hytchen Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. : to move by jerks or with …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOVE — I. ˈklōv noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clufu; akin to Old English clēofan to cleave Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HITCH — noun a small dislocation of a bed or vein. 2. hitch ·noun the act of catching, as on a hook, …
Webster English vocab
CLOVE — impf cleft. 2. clove ·- of cleave. 3. clove ·noun a weight. a clove of cheese is about eight pounds, …
Webster English vocab
HITCH — [hitch] vb [ME hytchen] vt (14c) 1: to move by jerks or with a tug 2. a: to catch or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVE — [clove] n [ME, fr. OE clufu; akin to OE cleofan to cleave] (bef. 12c): one of the small bulbs (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVE — small, reddish-brown flower bud of the tropical evergreen tree Syzygium aromaticum (sometimes Eugenia caryophyllata) of the family Myrtaceae, important in …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLOVE — clove BrE AmE kləʊv AmE kloʊv ▷ cloves kləʊvz AmE kloʊvz ▶ ˌ clove ˈ hitch, ˈ• • BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HITCH — / hɪtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to get a free ride in a person's car; to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HITCH — I. hitch 1 /hɪtʃ/ BrE AmE verb 1 . [intransitive and transitive] informal to get free rides from the drivers …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOVE — I. clove 1 /kləʊv $ kloʊv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Language: Old English ; Origin: clufu ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HITCH — v. & n. --v. 1 a tr. fasten with a loop, hook, etc.; tether (hitched the horse to the cart). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOVE — n. 1 a a dried flower-bud of a tropical plant, Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent aromatic spice. b this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HITCH — v. & n. v. 1 a tr. fasten with a loop, hook, etc.; tether (hitched the horse to the cart). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOVE — n. 1 a a dried flower-bud of a tropical plant, Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent aromatic spice. b this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOVE — 1. n.1 a a dried flower-bud of a tropical plant, Eugenia aromatica, used as a pungent aromatic spice. b this …
Oxford English vocab
HITCH — ( hitches, hitching, hitched) 1. A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay. After some …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOVE — ( cloves) 1. Cloves are small dried flower buds which are used as a spice. ...chicken soup with cloves. N-VAR …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HITCH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES hitch a ride (= get a free ride from a passing vehicle ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOVE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES clove of garlic (= single section of it ) ▪ Add a crushed clove of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOVE — (SPICE) [noun] - a dried flower of an evergreen tree which is used as a spiceCloves add a very pungent …
Cambridge English vocab
CLOVE — n. Small, reddish brown flower bud of the tropical evergreen tree Syzygium aromaticum (sometimes called Eugenia caryophyllata ), of the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Oxford English vocab

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