CIRCLE THE WAGONS

Meaning of CIRCLE THE WAGONS in English

phrasal

: to assume a collective defensive posture against attack, criticism, or adversity

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CIRCLE THE WAGONS — a call of warning in the American Wild West , used by people travelling together in a line of wagons. …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
CIRCLE — — circler , n. /serr"keuhl/ , n. , v. , circled, circling . n. 1. a closed plane curve consisting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CIRCLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pool/circle of light (= an area of light ) ▪ They stood in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CIRCLE — I Geometrical curve, one of the conic section s, consisting of the set of all points the same distance (the …
Английский словарь Британика
CIRCLE — I. ˈsərkəl, -ə̄k-, -əik- noun ( -s ) Etymology: alteration (influenced by Latin circulus ) of Middle English cercle, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAGONS — plural of wagon present third singular of wagon
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CIRCLE — I. ˈsər-kəl noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cercle, from Anglo-French, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus circle, circus, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CIRCLE — noun compass; circuit; inclosure. 2. circle ·noun to move around; to revolve around. 3. circle ·noun a territorial division or …
Webster English vocab
CIRCLE — [cir.cle] n, often attrib [ME cercle, fr. OF, fr. L circulus, dim. of circus circle, circus, fr. or akin to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CIRCLE — / ˈsɜːkl; NAmE ˈsɜːrkl/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. a completely round flat shape : Cut out two circles …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CIRCLE — I. cir ‧ cle 1 S2 W2 /ˈsɜːk ə l $ ˈsɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CIRCLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CIRCLE — n. & v. n. 1 a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CIRCLE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a round plane figure whose circumference is everywhere equidistant from its centre. b the …
Oxford English vocab
CIRCLE — ( circles, circling, circled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A circle …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CIRCLE — INDEX: 1. a circle 2. shaped like a circle 3. shaped like a circle but with two slightly flat sides …
Longman Activator English vocab
WAGONS — Фургоны
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCLE — 1. сущ. 1) круг; окружность to describe, draw a circle ≈ начертить круг, описать окружность square a circle run around …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAGONS — Фургоны
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCLE — circle.ogg 1. ʹsɜ:k(ə)l n 1. 1> круг to move in circles - кружить the aeroplane made two circles and landed …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CIRCLE — 1) круг; окружность || двигаться по кругу; вращаться 2) сфера, область 3) ореол 4) замкнутая траектория ( полёта ) || …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
CIRCLE — 1) круг; окружность || двигаться по кругу; вращаться 2) сфера, область 3) ореол 4) замкнутая траектория (полёта) || летать по замкнутой траектории, летать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
CIRCLE — 1) круг; кружок 2) круг, окружность || двигаться по кругу 3) метал круг, заготовка круглого сечения; круглая листовая заготовка 4) полигр. круглая линейка …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
CIRCLE — 1. ʹsɜ:k(ə)l n 1. 1> круг to move in circles - кружить the aeroplane made two circles and landed - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCLE — 1. сущ. 1) круг; окружность to describe, draw a circle — начертить круг, описать окружность - go around in circles …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CIRCLE — 1. сущ. 1) круг; окружность to describe, draw a circle — начертить круг, описать окружность - go around in circles - great circle sailing - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
CIRCLE — 1. _n. 1> круг; окружность 2> группа, круг (людей) - ruling circles 3> кружок 4> сфера, область; a wide circle …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CIRCLE — 1. n. 1. круг; окружность 2. группа, круг (людей) - ruling circles 3. кружок 4. сфера, область; a wide circle …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CIRCLE — 1) круг; окружность; сфера; область 2) цикл 3) мн. ч. круги (деловые, официальные, торговые) 4) вращаться двигаться по кругу • - banking circles - business circles - …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
CIRCLE — круг; кольцо; окружность; сфера, область - circle of influence - azimuth circle - hollow circle - Mohr's circle of stress …
Англо-Русский строительный словарь
CIRCLE — 1) круг 2) окружность - circle of altitude - circle of curvature - circle of deflection - circle of distribution …
Англо-Русский морской словарь
WAGONS — Фургоны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCLE — 1. сущ. 1) круг; окружность to describe, draw a circle ≈ начертить круг, описать окружность square a circle run around …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CIRCLE THE WAGONS N. AMER. — circle the wagons N. Amer. informal unite in defence of something. [with ref. to the defensive position of a wagon …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CORRAL — I. noun see: car Date: 1582 a pen or enclosure for confining or capturing livestock, an enclosure made with wagons …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RINGLING BROTHERS — Family of U.S. circus owners. After five of the seven brothers formed a song-and-dance troupe (1882), they began to add …
Английский словарь Британика
CORRAL — I. kəˈral, kȯˈ- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin currale enclosure for vehicles, from Latin currus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAGONAGE — (n.) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.
Английский словарь Webster
PARK — (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, …
Английский словарь Webster
WAGONAGE — ( n. ) A collection of wagons; wagons, collectively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PARK — ( n. ) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CORRAL — /keuh ral"/ , n. , v. , corralled, corralling . n. 1. an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CORRAL — I. kə-ˈral, -ˈrel noun Etymology: Spanish, from Vulgar Latin * currale enclosure for vehicles, from Latin currus cart, from currere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAGONAGE — noun a collection of wagons; wagons, collectively. 2. wagonage ·noun money paid for carriage or conveyance in wagon.
Webster English vocab
WAGON — noun a chariot. 2. wagon ·noun a freight car on a railway. 3. wagon ·noun the dipper, or charles's wain. …
Webster English vocab
PARK — vt to inclose in a park, or as in a park. 2. park ·noun a partially inclosed basin in which …
Webster English vocab
CORRAL — noun a pen for animals; ·esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile indians, as …
Webster English vocab
CORRAL — [ kə'rα:l ] ■ noun N. Amer. 1》 a pen for livestock on a farm or ranch. 2》 historical a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CORRAL — [cor.ral] n [Sp, fr. (assumed) VL currale enclosure for vehicles, fr. L currus cart, fr. currere to run--more at car] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAGON TRAIN — caravan of wagons organized by settlers in the United States for emigration to the West during the late 18th and …
Britannica English vocabulary
WAGON — four-wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn by draft animals and known to have been used as early as the 1st …
Britannica English vocabulary
STAGE WAGON — early, four-wheeled, American vehicle, used to carry both passengers and cargo. It was a precursor of the stagecoach. The first …
Britannica English vocabulary
PAGEANT WAGON — wheeled vehicle used in the processional staging of medieval vernacular cycle plays. Processional staging is most closely associated with the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DRAY — the heaviest type of dead-axle wagon used in conjunction with a team of draft animals. Drays were either of the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOCUMENT: W.T. SHERMAN — About 7 A.M. of November 16th we rode out of Atlanta by the Decatur road, filled by the marching troops …
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WELL — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
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WAY — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a haphazard way/manner/fashion ▪ I continued my studies in a rather haphazard way. a …
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WAGON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES chuck wagon paddy wagon station wagon wagon train welcome wagon ▪ The company is bringing …
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