FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

Meaning of FOUR-LEAF CLOVER in English

/fawr"leef', fohr"-/

a clover leaf having four leaflets instead of the usual three, purported to bring good luck.

[ 1840-50 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun 1. also four-leafed clover ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- : an atypical clover leaf with four leaflets often believed to be an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — clover with four leaves (often considered to be a sign of luck)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — (also four-leaved clover ) ■ noun a clover leaf with four lobes, thought to bring good luck.
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — ˌfour-leaf ˈclover BrE AmE ( also ˌfour-leaved ˈclover British English ) noun [countable] a ↑ clover plant that has four …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As I was walking back up the hill, I found a four-leaf clover . ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — {n.} A small green plant with four leaves which many people think means good luck because clover plants usually have …
Slang English vocab
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — {n.} A small green plant with four leaves which many people think means good luck because clover plants usually have …
Словарь английских идиом
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — n. A small green plant with four leaves which many people think means good luck because clover plants usually have …
American Idioms English vocabulary
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — удача
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — удача
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
FOUR-LEAF CLOVER — фирм. конфигурация фильтров для очистки типа "клеверный лист" (состоящая из 4 или 8 фильтров и 1 или 2 распределительных узлов; технология …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
LEAF — I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant . Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose , which …
Английский словарь Британика
FOUR — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths …
Английский словарь Британика
CLOVER — Any legume of the genus Trifolium , composed of 300 or more annual and perennial species, found in most temperate …
Английский словарь Британика
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz) Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — I. ˈfō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə) adjective Etymology: Middle English four, foure, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLOVER — ˈklōvə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English claver, clovere, from Old English clāfre, clǣfre; akin to Middle Low German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOUR — (n.) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — (n.) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Английский словарь Webster
CLOVER — (n.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. …
Английский словарь Webster
FOUR — ( n. ) The sum of four units; four units or objects.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) Four things of the same kind, esp. four horses; as, a chariot and four.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — ( n. ) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAF — — leafless , adj. — leaflike , adj. /leef/ , n. , pl. leaves /leevz/ , v. n. 1. one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOUR — /fawr, fohr/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, three plus one. 2. a symbol of this number, 4 or IV …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLOVER — — clovered , adj. — clovery , adj. /kloh"veuhr/ , n. , pl. clovers , ( esp. collectively ) clover …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz ; also leafs ˈlēfs) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FOUR — noun Etymology: Middle English, from four adjective, from Old English fēower; akin to Old High German fior four, Latin quattuor, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLOVER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English clāfre; akin to Old High German klēo clover Date: before 12th century 1. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEAF — vi to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in may. 2. leaf ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
FOUR — adj one more than three; twice two. 2. four ·noun a symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LEAF — [leaf] n, pl leaves also leafs often attrib [ME leef, fr. OE leaf; akin to OHG loub leaf] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FOUR — [four] n [ME, fr. four adj., fr. OE feower; akin to OHG fior four, L quattuor, Gk tessares, tettares] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLOVER — [clo.ver] n [ME, fr. OE clafre; akin to OHG kleo clover] (bef. 12c) 1: any of a genus (Trifolium) of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LEAF — in botany, any usually flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLOVER — any member of the genus Trifolium, of the pea family (Fabaceae), comprising 300 or more annual and perennial species, occurring …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOUR — four BrE AmE fɔː AmE fɔːr foʊr (= fore) ▷ fours fɔːz AmE fɔːrz foʊrz ▶ ˈ four flush BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLOVER — clover BrE AmE ˈkləʊv ə AmE \ ˈkloʊv ə r ▷ clover|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LEAF — / liːf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. leaves / liːvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — / fɔː(r); NAmE / 1. number 4 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOVER — / ˈkləʊvə(r); NAmE ˈkloʊ-/ noun [ U ] a small wild plant that usually has three leaves on each stem …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LEAF — I. leaf 1 S2 W2 /liːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural leaves /liːvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOUR — four /fɔː $ fɔːr/ BrE AmE number , noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: feower ] 1 . the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLOVER — clo ‧ ver /ˈkləʊvə $ ˈkloʊvər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: clafre ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LEAF — n. & v. n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FOUR — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1. a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Oxford English vocab
FOUR — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than three, or six less than ten; the product of two units and …
Oxford English vocab
CLOVER — n. any leguminous fodder plant of the genus Trifolium, having dense flower heads and leaves each consisting of usu. three …
Oxford English vocab
LEAF — ( leaves, leafs, leafing, leafed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — ( fours) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLOVER — ( clovers) Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers. ...a four leaf clover. N-VAR
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOUR — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Four is the number 4. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LEAF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bus goes/leaves ▪ The last bus went ten minutes ago. a lettuce leaf …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a father of two/three/four etc (= a man with two, three etc children ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLOVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES four-leaf clover COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE red ▪ Small birds flitted in the shade …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOUR
Cambridge English vocab
FOUR — n. having four letters Four Books Four Freedoms Four Horsemen Four Hundred Council of the Four Noble Truths four colour …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLOVER — n. Any legume of the genus Trifolium , composed of 300 or more annual and perennial species, found in most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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