WEIRS

Meaning of WEIRS in English

plural of weir

present third singular of weir

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

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HYDRAULIC JUMP — Sudden change in water level, analogous to a shock wave, commonly seen below weirs and sluice gates where a smooth …
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FRANCIS, JAMES BICHENO — born May 18, 1815, Southleigh, Devon, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1892, Lowell, Mass., U.S. British-U.S. hydraulic engineer. He immigrated to …
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WEIRLESS — ˈ ̷ ̷lə̇s adjective : lacking a weir : not provided with weirs
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SETTLING RESERVOIR — noun : a reservoir consisting of a series of shallow basins arranged in steps with long weirs between so that …
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RIVERY — ˈriv(ə)rē, -)ri adjective 1. : having many streams of water amid the thresh of weirs in the rivery lands — …
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WEIR — any control or barrier placed in an open channel to permit measurement of water discharge. The latter may be computed …
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SARDINE — any of certain food fishes of the herring (q.v.) family, Clupeidae, especially members of the genera Sardina, Sardinops, and Sardinella; …
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HERRING — species of slab-sided, northern fish belonging to the family Clupeidae (order Clupeiformes). The name herring refers to either the Atlantic …
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CANALS AND INLAND WATERWAYS — natural or artificial waterways used for navigation, crop irrigation, water supply, or drainage. Despite modern technological advances in air and …
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NILE RIVER
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MAGNA CARTA — John, by the grace of God, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and count of …
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LACONIA — city, seat of Belknap county, central New Hampshire, U.S., on the Winnipesaukee River and bordering Winnisquam Lake and Opechee and …
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KHANTY AND MANSI — Khanty formerly called Ostyak, Mansi formerly called Vogul, western Siberian peoples, living mainly in the Ob River basin of central …
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ITELMEN — also called Kamchadal, people of the southern Kamchatka Peninsula, far eastern Russia, numbering about 2,500 in the late 20th century. …
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GRAND CANAL D'ALSACE — English Great Alsace Canal waterway along the Rhine River, in eastern France, begun in 1932 and completed after World War …
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FRANCIS, JAMES BICHENO — born May 18, 1815, Southleigh, Devon, Eng. died Sept. 18, 1892, Lowell, Mass., U.S. British-American hydraulic engineer and inventor of …
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EUPHRATES RIVER — Sumerian Buranunu, Akkadian Purattu, Old Persian Ufrat, Greek and Latin Euphrates, biblical Perath, Arabic Furat, Turkish Firat the largest river …
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DONETS RIVER — Russian Seversky Donets, Ukrainian Siverskyy Donets a tributary of the Don River, southwestern Russia and eastern Ukraine. The Donets is …
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DAWSON RIVER — river in eastern Queensland, Australia. It rises in the Carnarvon Range and flows southeast, northeast, and north for about 400 …
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DARLING RIVER — river, longest member of the MurrayDarling river system in Australia; it rises in several headstreams in the Great Dividing Range …
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CHEGUTU — formerly Hartley, town, central Zimbabwe. Named originally for Henry Hartley, who discovered gold in the vicinity, it was founded in …
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CAUVERY RIVER — also spelled Kaveri sacred river of southern India. It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka …
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CATAWBA — North American Indian tribe of Siouan language stock who inhabited the territory around the Catawba River in the Carolinas. Their …
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BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY
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WEIR — weir, Weir BrE AmE wɪə AmE wɪ ə r ▷ weirs wɪəz AmE wɪ ə rz
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WEIR — ( weirs) 1. A weir is a low barrier which is built across a river in order to control or …
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WEIR — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A trust has restored three weirs already, and plans are under way to rebuild another …
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SAVE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be saved from extinction ▪ There are hopes that the animals have now been …
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REBUILD — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN car ▪ In 1916, it was rebuilt as a welding car to carry equipment …
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