SERPENTINE VERSE

Meaning of SERPENTINE VERSE in English

noun

Etymology: serpentine (I) ; from the frequent depiction of serpents with their tails in their mouths

: a line of verse beginning and ending with the same word

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

SERPENTINE VERSE — ■ noun Prosody a metrical line beginning and ending with the same word.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SERPENTINE VERSE — in poetry, a line of verse beginning and ending with the same word, as in the first line of Alfred, …
Britannica English vocabulary
VERSE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) blank verse free verse nonsense verse society verse
Английский словарь Британика
SERPENTINE — Any of a group of magnesium-rich silicate minerals whose composition resembles Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 . …
Английский словарь Британика
VERSE — I. ˈvərs, ˈvə̄s, ˈvəis noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Old French vers & Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — I. ˈsərpən.ˌtēn, -tīn adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French serpentin, from Late Latin serpentinus, from Latin serpent-, serpens serpent …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VERSE — (v. t.) To tell in verse, or poetry.
Английский словарь Webster
SERPENTINE — (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green …
Английский словарь Webster
SERPENTINE — (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the …
Английский словарь Webster
VERSE — ( v. t. ) To tell in verse, or poetry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — ( n. ) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — ( a. ) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VERSE — /verrs/ , n., adj., v., versed, versing . n. 1. (not in technical use) a stanza. 2. a succession of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — serpentine 1 /serr"peuhn teen', -tuyn'/ , adj., n., v., serpentined, serpentining . adj. 1. of, characteristic of, or resembling a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VERSE — I. ˈvərs noun Etymology: Middle English vers, fers, from Anglo-French vers & Old English fers, both from Latin versus, literally, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SERPENTINE — I. ˈsər-pən-ˌtēn, -ˌtīn adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French serpentin, from Late Latin serpentinus, from Latin serpent-, serpens Date: 15th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VERSE — noun a piece of poetry. 2. verse ·vt to tell in verse, or poetry. 3. verse ·noun a short division …
Webster English vocab
SERPENTINE — noun a kind of ancient cannon. 2. serpentine ·vi to serpentize. 3. serpentine ·adj resembling a serpent; having the shape …
Webster English vocab
VERSE — [verse] n [ME vers, fr. OF & OE; both fr. L versus, lit., turning, fr. vertere to turn--more at worth] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SERPENTINE — [ser.pen.tine] adj [ME, fr. MF serpentin, fr. LL serpentinus, fr. L serpent-, serpens] (15c) 1: of or resembling a serpent …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VERSE — a single line of metrical composition; more broadly, the metrical composition itself or the poetic technique of a particular poem. …
Britannica English vocabulary
SERPENTINE — any of a group of hydrous magnesium-rich silicate minerals. The composition of these common rock-forming minerals approximates Mg3Si2O5(OH)4. Serpentine generally …
Britannica English vocabulary
VERSE — verse BrE AmE vɜːs AmE vɝːs ▷ versed vɜːst AmE vɝːst ▷ verses ˈvɜːs ɪz -əz AmE \ ˈvɝːs əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — serpentine, S~ BrE AmE ˈsɜːp ə n taɪn ⇨-m- AmE ˈsɝːp ə n tiːn -taɪn
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VERSE — / vɜːs; NAmE vɜːrs/ noun 1. [ U ] writing that is arranged in lines, often with a regular rhythm …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — / ˈsɜːpəntaɪn; NAmE ˈsɜːrpəntiːn/ adjective ( literary ) bending and twisting like a snake SYN winding : the serpentine course …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERSE — verse /vɜːs $ vɜːrs/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: vers , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SERPENTINE — Serpentine, the BrE AmE a lake in ↑ Hyde Park in London. It is a custom for some people to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SERPENTINE — ser ‧ pen ‧ tine /ˈsɜːpəntaɪn $ ˈsɜːrpəntiːn/ BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] literary 1 . winding like a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VERSE — n. & v. --n. 1 a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VERSE — n. & v. n. 1 a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 of or like a serpent. 2 coiling, tortuous, sinuous, meandering, writhing (the serpentine windings …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VERSE — n. & v. --n. 1. a metrical composition in general (wrote pages of verse). b a particular type of this …
Oxford English vocab
SERPENTINE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. of or like a serpent. 2 coiling, tortuous, sinuous, meandering, writhing (the serpentine windings …
Oxford English vocab
VERSE — ( verses) 1. Verse is writing arranged in lines which have rhythm and which often rhyme at the end. I …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SERPENTINE — Something that is serpentine is curving and winding in shape, like a snake when it moves. ( LITERARY ) ...serpentine …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VERSE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES blank verse free verse COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE blank ▪ Coleridge had developed an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SERPENTINE — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a serpentine river EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And my narcissus bulbs were artistically arranged …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VERSE — [noun] - writing which is arranged in short lines with a rhythmic pattern, or one of the parts into which …
Cambridge English vocab
SERPENTINE — [adjective] literarySerpentine means curving and twisting like a snake.We followed the serpentine course of the river.I watched his serpentine movements …
Cambridge English vocab
VERSE — n. blank verse free verse nonsense verse society verse
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SERPENTINE — n. Any of a group of magnesium-rich silicate minerals whose composition resembles Mg 3 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4 …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VERSE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ humorous , light , nonsense , satirical ▪ alliterative , blank , free , metred/metered , metrical …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
VERSE — n. 25B6; noun Elizabethan verse : POETRY, versification; poems, lyrics; poetic/literary poesy. See lists. a verse he'd composed to mark …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SERPENTINE — n. 25B6; adjective a serpentine path : WINDING, windy, zigzag, twisty, twisting and turning, meandering, sinuous, snaky, tortuous. serpentine election …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SERPENTINE — adj. 1 evil, bad, diabolical, satanic, Mephistophelian, reptilian, devilish, wily, cunning, conniving, sneaky, shrewd, artful, crafty, slick, sly, insidious, shifty, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VERSE — 1. сущ. 1) строфа; стих Syn : stanza, strophe 2) поэзия, стихи to cite/give/quote chapter and verse ≈ точно указать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SERPENTINE — 1. прил. 1) змеиный; змееподобный serpentine poisons ≈ змеиные яды 2) змеевидный; извивающийся, извилистый serpentine river ≈ извивающаяся река serpentine …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VERSE — verse.ogg 1. vɜ:s n 1. стих. 1> стихотворная строка; стих a stanza of six verses - строфа из шести стихов …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SERPENTINE — 1) змеевидный 2) змеевик 3) извивающийся 4) извилистый 5) серпентин 6) серпентиновый • serpentine domain structure — физ. структура доменная лабиринтная - coil serpentine - serpentine curve
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
VERSE — verse сущ.1) строфа; стих - free verse - heroic verse Syn:stanza, strophe 2) поэзия, стихи to cite/give/quote chapter and verse …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SERPENTINE — Serpentine прил.1) змеиный; змееподобный serpentine poisons — змеиные яды 2) змеевидный; извивающийся, извилистый serpentine river — извивающаяся река serpentine structures …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
VERSE — 1. vɜ:s n 1. стих. 1> стихотворная строка; стих a stanza of six verses - строфа из шести стихов /строк/ …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SERPENTINE — 1. ʹsɜ:pəntaın n 1. мин. серпентин, змеевик; серпентинит 2. тех. змеевик 3. обыкн. pl «змейки» ( фигурные передвижения в гимнастике …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VERSE — 1. сущ. 1) строфа; стих - free verse - heroic verse Syn: stanza , strophe 2) поэзия, стихи to cite …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SERPENTINE — 1. прил. 1) змеиный; змееподобный serpentine poisons — змеиные яды 2) змеевидный; извивающийся, извилистый serpentine river — извивающаяся река serpentine …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VERSE — 1. сущ. 1) строфа; стих - free verse - heroic verse Syn: stanza, strophe 2) поэзия, стихи to cite / give / quote chapter and verse — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SERPENTINE — 1. прил. 1) змеиный; змееподобный serpentine poisons — змеиные яды 2) змеевидный; извивающийся, извилистый serpentine river — извивающаяся река serpentine structures — извилистая структура Syn: sinuous, writhing 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
VERSE — 1. _n. 1> строфа; стих 2> стихи, поэзия; in verse or prose - в стихах или в прозе; lyrical verse …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
VERSE — 1. n. 1. строфа; стих 2. стихи, поэзия; in verse or prose - в стихах или в прозе; lyrical verse …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
VERSE — 1. _n. 1> строфа; стих 2> стихи, поэзия; in verse or prose в стихах или в прозе; lyrical verse лирическая …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
VERSE — 1. сущ. 1) строфа; стих Syn : stanza, strophe 2) поэзия, стихи to cite/give/quote chapter and verse ≈ точно указать …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SERPENTINE — 1. прил. 1) змеиный; змееподобный serpentine poisons ≈ змеиные яды 2) змеевидный; извивающийся, извилистый serpentine river ≈ извивающаяся река serpentine …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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