LIGHTENING

Meaning of LIGHTENING in English

n. a drop in the level of the womb during the last weeks of pregnancy.

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

LIGHTENING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: from gerund of lighten (II) : a sense of decreased weight and abdominal tension felt …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTENING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lighten
Английский словарь Webster
LIGHTENING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Lighten
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTENING — /luyt"n ing/ , n. Med. the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end of pregnancy, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIGHTENING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of lighten.
Webster English vocab
LIGHTENING — ■ noun a drop in the level of the womb during the last weeks of pregnancy as the head of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LIGHTENING — n. a drop in the level of the womb during the last weeks of pregnancy.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIGHTENING — n. a drop in the level of the womb during the last weeks of pregnancy.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIGHTENING — Synonyms and related words : abatement, achromatization, allayment, alleviating, alleviation, alleviative, assuagement, blanching, bleach, bleaching, blunting, brightening, calming, damping, deadening, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIGHTENING — (*) The operation (normally carried out at anchor) of transferring crude oil cargo from a large tanker to a smaller …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
LIGHTENING — сущ. смягчение Syn : weaking, deterioration облегчать облегчающий см. lighten
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTENING — Облегчение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTENING — облегчение
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LIGHTENING — (n) облегчение; ослабление; смягчение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
LIGHTENING — осветление (колера)
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
LIGHTENING — сущ. смягчение Syn: weaking, deterioration
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
LIGHTENING — облегчение, ослабление, смягчение ( напр. налогообложения)
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике и финансам
LIGHTENING — 1) освещение 2) облегчение 3) выщелачивание
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
LIGHTENING — сущ. смягчение Syn : weaking, deterioration облегчать облегчающий см. lighten
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTENING — облегчать облегчающий
Англо-Русский словарь
LIGHTENING — облегчение
English-Russian Online Dictionary
FULGURAR — v 1. to lighten, be lightening; 2. to flash (= to emit flashes as of lightning)
Interlingua English vocab
ALLEVIATION — n lightening (= making less heavy); also: alleviation
Interlingua English vocab
STREAKING — noun Date: circa 1964 the lightening (as by chemicals) of a few long strands of hair to produce a streaked …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RELIEF — I. noun Etymology: Middle English relef, ~, from Anglo-French from relever to relieve Date: 14th century a payment made by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FROSTING — noun Date: 1858 1. icing , trimming , ornamentation , lusterless finish of metal or glass ; mat , the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RELIEF — I. rə̇ˈlēf, rēˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English relefe, releve, relief, from Middle French relief, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTNING — I. ˈlītniŋ, -nēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lightning, lightening, from gerund of lihtenen, lightenen to lighten — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIGHTEN — I. ˈlīt ə n verb ( lightened ; lightened ; lightening -t( ə )niŋ ; lightens ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKY — sky S2 W2 /skaɪ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural skies ) [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIGHTEN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ease/reduce/lighten the burden ▪ Smaller classes would ease the burden for teachers. lighten sb's mood …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary

Oxford English vocab

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