THORNY-BACKED EEL

Meaning of THORNY-BACKED EEL in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun

: spiny eel

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

EEL — anguille. ~BASKET: nasse
English interlingue dictionary
THORNY — adjective (thornier; -est) Date: before 12th century full of thorns, full of difficulties or controversial points ; ticklish , thorniness …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EEL — noun Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old High German āl ~ Date: before 12th century …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BACKED — adjective see: back
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
EEL — Any of more than 500 fish species (order Anguilliformes) that are slender, elongated, and usually scaleless, with long dorsal and …
Английский словарь Британика
EEL — I. ˈēl, esp before pause or consonant ˈēəl noun ( plural eels also eel ) Etymology: Middle English ele, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORNY — ˈthȯrnē, -ȯ(ə)n-, -ni adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thornig, from thorn (I) + -ig -y …
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BACKED — ˈbakt adjective Etymology: Middle English, having a back, from back (I) + -ed 1. of an archer's bow : made …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THORNY — (superl.) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
Английский словарь Webster
THORNY — (superl.) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a thorny crown.
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EEL — (n.) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus …
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BACKED — (a.) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; as, broad-backed; …
Английский словарь Webster
BACKED — (imp. & p. p.) of Back
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THORNY — ( superl. ) Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORNY — ( superl. ) Full of thorns or spines; rough with thorns; spiny; as, a thorny wood; a thorny tree; a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
EEL — ( n. ) An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Back
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKED — ( a. ) Having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or stereotype plate. Used in composition; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THORNY — — thornily , adv. — thorniness , n. /thawr"nee/ , adj., thornier, thorniest . 1. abounding in or characterized by …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
EEL — — eellike , adj. — eely , adj. /eel/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) eel , ( …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BACKED — /bakt/ , adj. 1. having a back, backing, setting, or support (often used in combination): a low-backed sofa. 2. (of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THORNY — adj. having thorns, prickly, spiky; difficult, trying
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
EEL — n. snakelike fish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKED — adj. supported; substantiated; moved backwards
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BACKED — see back I
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORNY — adjective ( thorn·i·er ; -est ) Date: before 12th century 1. : full of thorns 2. : full of difficulties …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
EEL — noun Etymology: Middle English ele, from Old English ǣl; akin to Old High German āl eel Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THORNY — superl like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. 2. thorny ·superl full of thorns or spines; …
Webster English vocab
EEL — noun an elongated fish of many genera and species. the common eels of europe and america belong to the genus …
Webster English vocab
BACKED — impf & ·p.p. of back. 2. backed ·adj having a back; fitted with a back; as, a backed electrotype or …
Webster English vocab
EEL — ■ noun a snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. [ Anguilla …
Concise Oxford English vocab
THORNY — [thorny] adj thorn.i.er ; -est (bef. 12c) 1: full of thorns 2: full of difficulties or controversial points: ticklish "a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EEL — [eel] n [ME ele, fr. OE ael; akin to OHG al eel] (bef. 12c) 1 a: any of numerous voracious …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
EEL — any of more than 500 species of fish of the order Anguilliformes. True eels are elongated or even wormlike bony …
Britannica English vocabulary
EEL — eel BrE AmE iː ə l ▷ eels iː ə lz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
THORNY — / ˈθɔːni; NAmE ˈθɔːrni/ adjective ( thorn·ier , thorni·est ) 1. [ usually before noun ] causing difficulty or disagreement …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EEL — / iːl; NAmE / noun [ C , U ] a long thin sea or freshwater fish that looks like …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THORNY — thorn ‧ y /ˈθɔːni $ ˈθɔːrni/ BrE AmE adjective 1 . a thorny question/problem/issue etc a question etc that is …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EEL — eel /iːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: æl ] a long thin fish that looks …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EEL — n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
EEL — n. 1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
EEL — n.1 any of various snakelike fish, with slender body and poorly developed fins. 2 a slippery or evasive person or …
Oxford English vocab
THORNY — ( thornier, thorniest) 1. A thorny plant or tree is covered with thorns. ...thorny hawthorn trees. ADJ : usu ADJ …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EEL — ( eels) An eel is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake. N-VAR • Eel is the flesh …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
EEL — (~s) An ~ is a long, thin fish that looks like a snake. N-VAR • Eel is the flesh of …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THORNY — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a thorny issue ( also a vexed issue formal ) (= a difficult one that …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conger eel COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE giant ▪ He began to doubt the giant …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THORNY — [adjective] -ier, -iesta thorny shrub/tree(figurative) It's a thorny issue/matter/problem/question (= one that is difficult to deal with).
Cambridge English vocab
EEL — [noun] [C] - a long, thin snake-like fish, some types of which are eatenjellied eelsSee picture: Fish
Cambridge English vocab
BACKED — upThe traffic is backed up (= has formed a line which is not moving) for six miles on the road …
Cambridge English vocab
BACKED — Synonyms and related words : accepted, acclaimed, admired, admitted, advocated, applauded, approved, calcified, callous, calloused, case-hardened, cried up, crusted, crusty, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BACKED — Dead. He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's …
Slang English vocab
THORNY — adj. Function: adjective bristling with perplexities, points of controversy, or other conflicting elements FF1C; the thorny question of states' rights …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THORNY — adjective bristling with perplexities, points of controversy, or other conflicting elements the thorny question of states' rights Synonyms: nettlesome, prickly, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
THORNY — adj. Thorny is used with these nouns: ↑ bush , ↑ dilemma , ↑ issue , ↑ problem , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THORNY — adj. 25B6; adjective dense thorny undergrowth : PRICKLY, spiky, barbed, spiny, sharp; technical spinose, spinous. the thorny subject of confidentiality …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
THORNY — adj. 1 prickly, barbed, spiny, spiked, brambly, spinous, Technical spinose, acanthoid, spiculose, spiculate, spinulose, aciculate, muricate, barbellate, setigerous, setaceous, setiferous, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THORNY — прил. 1) колючий Syn : spiny, prickly 2) заросший кустарником 3) тернистый; нелегкий, тяжелый, трудный thorny path/way ≈ тернистый путь …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
EEL — сущ.; зоол. угорь conger eel ≈ морской угорь electric eel ≈ электрический угорь as slippery as an eel ≈ скользкий …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACKED — прил. имеющий спинку, со спинкой имеющий поддержку и т. п. со спинкой (о стуле и т. п.) на подкладке - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BACKED — Имеющий спинку
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
THORNY — thorny.ogg ʹθɔ:nı a 1. 1> колючий thorny bush - колючий куст 2> опасный thorny subject question - опасная /щекотливая/ тема …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
EEL — eel.ogg i:l n 1. 1> зоол. угорь ( Anguilla anguilla ) 2> разг. (любая) угреобразная рыба; минога, мурена, бельдюга и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BACKED — backed.ogg bækt a 1. имеющий поддержку и т. п. см. back1 IV 2. со спинкой ( о стуле и т. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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