LADY'S-THUMB

Meaning of LADY'S-THUMB in English

/lay"deez thum'/ , n.

a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.

[ 1830-40, Amer. ]

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

LADY'S THUMB — noun Date: 1837 a widely distributed weedy annual herb ( Polygonum persicaria ) of the buckwheat family that has large …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LADY'S THUMB — noun : a common widely distributed erect branched weedy annual herb ( Polygonum persicaria ) with purplish stems, racemes of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LADY'S THUMB — () An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
Английский словарь Webster
LADY'S THUMB — An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LADY'S THUMB — Date: 1837 : a widely distributed weedy annual herb ( Polygonum persicaria ) of the buckwheat family that has large …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LADY'S THUMB — an annual weed (polygonum persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle.
Webster English vocab
LADY'S THUMB — Function: noun Date: 1837 : a widely distributed weedy annual herb ( Polygonum persicaria ) of the buckwheat family that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LADY'S THUMB — [lady's thumb] n (1837): a widely distributed weedy annual herb (Polygonum persicaria) that has large lanceolate leaves often with a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный (Polygonum persicaria) (ботаника) горец почечуйный (Polygonum persicaria)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный ( Polygonum persicaria )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный (Polygonum persicaria)
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный ( Polygonum persicaria )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный ( Polygonum persicaria )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LADY'S THUMB — бот. горец почечуйный (Polygonum persicaria) (ботаника) горец почечуйный (Polygonum persicaria)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LADY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) first lady Godey's Lady's Book Godiva Lady Gregory Augusta Lady Grey Lady Jane Hamilton …
Английский словарь Британика
THUMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LADY — I. ˈlādē, -di noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English lady, lavedi, lafdi, from Old English hlǣfdīge, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THUMB — (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; …
Английский словарь Webster
THUMB — ( v. t. ) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — — thumbless , adj. — thumblike , adj. /thum/ , n. 1. the short, thick, inner digit of the human …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LADY
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THUMB — I. ˈthəm noun Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thūma; akin to Old High German thūmo thumb, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THUMB — vt to handle awkwardly. 2. thumb ·vt to play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to …
Webster English vocab
LADY — noun a wife; not now in approved usage. 2. lady ·adj belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike. 3. …
Webster English vocab
THUMB — [thumb] n [ME thoume, thoumbe, fr. OE thuma; akin to OHG thumo thumb, L tumere to swell] (bef. 12c) 1: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LADY — in Great Britain, a general title for any peeress below the rank of duchess and also for the wife of …
Britannica English vocabulary
THUMB — / θʌm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. the short thick finger at the side of the hand, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — / ˈleɪdi; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun 1. [ C ] a word used to mean 'woman' that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THUMB — I. thumb 1 /θʌm/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: thuma ] 1 . the part …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LADY — la ‧ dy S1 W2 /ˈleɪdi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural ladies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THUMB
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THUMB
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THUMB
Oxford English vocab
LADY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a woman regarded as being of superior social status or as having the refined manners …
Oxford English vocab
THUMB — ( thumbs, thumbing, thumbed) 1. Your thumb is the short thick part on the side of your hand next to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — ( ladies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can use lady …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LADY — (ladies) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You can use ~ when …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
THUMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES jerking...thumb ▪ ‘Is that the only way out of here?’ he asked, jerking a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LADY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bag lady cleaning lady/woman (= a woman who cleans houses, offices etc as her job …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
THUMB — [verb] [I or T] [informal]You thumb by standing near the edge of a road and holding out your hand with …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — (WOMAN) [noun] [C] - a polite or dated way of referring to or addressing a womanShe's a very attractive lady.Would …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — (TITLE) [noun] [U] - a title given in Britain to a woman or girl who has the social rank of …
Cambridge English vocab
LADY — n. Lady Diana Frances Spencer first lady Godey's Lady's Book Godiva Lady Gregory Augusta Lady Grey Lady Jane Hamilton Emma …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LADY — Synonyms and related words : Dulcinea, Eve, Frau, Fraulein, Miss, Mistress, Mlle, Mme, Mmes, acceptable person, archduchess, baroness, best girl, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Slang English vocab
THUMB — n. Hop o' my thumb hop o' my thumb thumb through Tom Thumb
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LADY — n. lady friend lady killer maiden lady old lady ladies' man
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — I. noun VERB + THUMB ▪ suck ▪ flick , jab , jerk ▪ ‘What'll we do with them?’ he …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
THUMB — • ↑ be under sb's/the thumb • ↑ it sticks/stands out like a sore thumb • ↑ stick/stand out like …
Longman Activator English vocab
THUMB — < processor > An extension to the Advanced RISC Machine architecture, announced on 06 March 1995 by Advanced RISC Machines …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
LADY — I. 1) леди (принятая форма титулования маркизы (marchioness), графини (countess), виконтессы (viscountess) и баронессы (baroness); напр., вместо the Marchioness of …
Англо-Русский словарь Britain
THUMB
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
THUMB — See: ALL THUMBS, GREEN THUMB, TURN THUMBS DOWN, TWIDDLE ONE'S THUMBS, UNDER ONE'S THUMB or UNDER THE THUMB OF.
Словарь английских идиом
THUMB — 1. сущ. большой палец (руки); палец (рукавицы) Tom Thumb ≈ мальчик с пальчик 2. гл. 1) листать, смотреть (журнал, книгу; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LADY — сущ. 1) леди, дама; госпожа the first lady ≈ первая леди (жена президента или губернатора штата) the first lady of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
THUMB — thumb.ogg 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LADY — lady.ogg 1. ʹleıdı n 1. 1> леди, дама; госпожа great lady - знатная дама fine lady - а) светская женщина, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LADY — lady сущ.1) леди, дама; госпожа the first lady — первая леди (жена президента или губернатора штата) the first lady of …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LADY — 1. [ʹleıdı] n 1. 1) леди, дама; госпожа great ~ - знатная дама fine ~ - а) светская женщина, аристократка; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
THUMB — 1. θʌm n 1. 1> большой палец (руки) with his thumb and finger - большим и указательным пальцем 2> большой …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LADY — 1. ʹleıdı n 1. 1> леди, дама; госпожа great lady - знатная дама fine lady - а) светская женщина, аристократка; …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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