ROVE BEETLE

Meaning of ROVE BEETLE in English

any of numerous beetles of the family Staphylinidae, having a slender, elongated body and very short front wings, and capable of running swiftly.

Also called staphylinid .

[ 1765-75 ]

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

ROVE BEETLE — noun Etymology: perhaps from 1rove Date: circa 1771 any of a family (Staphylinidae) of often predatory active beetles having a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ROVE BEETLE — ˈrōv- noun Etymology: perhaps from rove (III) : any of numerous beetles constituting the family Staphylinidae, having a long body …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROVE BEETLE — Etymology: perhaps from rove (I) Date: circa 1771 : any of a family (Staphylinidae) of often predatory active beetles having …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROVE BEETLE — Function: noun Etymology: perhaps from 1 rove Date: circa 1771 : any of a family (Staphylinidae) of often predatory active …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROVE BEETLE — ■ noun a long-bodied beetle with very short wing cases, typically found among decaying matter.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROVE BEETLE — [rove beetle] n [perh. fr. [1]rove] (ca. 1771): any of a family (Staphylinidae) of often predatory active beetles having a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROVE BEETLE — any member of the widely distributed insect family Staphylinidae (order Coleoptera), with over 20,000 species. Rove beetles are usually found …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROVE BEETLE — Тинамуобразные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ROVE — inigrar, vagar
English interlingue dictionary
ROVE — laaglaag
English-Visayan vocabulary
ROVE — I. verb (~d; roving) Etymology: earlier, to shoot at random, wander, of unknown origin Date: 1536 intransitive verb to move …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEETLE — I Any of at least 250,000 species of insects constituting the order Coleoptera (the largest order in the animal kingdom), …
Английский словарь Британика
ROVE — I. Etymology: Middle English roof past of rive II. ˈrōv noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rewe, rufe, rove, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEETLE — I. ˈbēd. ə l, -ēt ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bityl, betylle, from Old English bitula, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROVE — (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being …
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (v. i.) Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or pass without certain direction in any manner, …
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (v. i.) To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the seas in piracy.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (n.) A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boat building.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (v. t.) To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (v. t.) To draw through an eye or aperture.
Английский словарь Webster
ROVE — (imp. & p. p.) of Reeve
Английский словарь Webster
BEETLE — (v. t.) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton …
Английский словарь Webster
BEETLE — ( v. t. ) To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ROVE — rove 1 /rohv/ , v. , roved, roving , n. v.i. 1. to wander about without definite destination; move hither …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — beetle 1 /beet"l/ , n. , v. , beetled, beetling . n. 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEETLE — v. go somewhere quickly; move like a beetle, move forward, make one's way; scurry (British usage); ram or crush a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEETLE — I. ˈbē-t ə l noun Etymology: Middle English betylle, from Old English bitula; akin to bītan to bite Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROVE — vt to wander over or through. 2. rove ·noun the act of wandering; a ramble. 3. rove ·vt to draw …
Webster English vocab
BEETLE — vt to beat with a heavy mallet. 2. beetle ·vt a heavy mallet, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, ·etc. …
Webster English vocab
ROVE — [rove] vb roved ; rov.ing [ME roven to shoot at random, wander] vi (1536): to move aimlessly: roam ~ vt: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — [bee.tle] n [ME betylle, fr. OE bitula; akin to bitan to bite] (bef. 12c) 1: any of an order (Coleoptera) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEETLE — (order Coleoptera), any of at least 250,000 species of insects (the largest order in the animal kingdom), principally characterized by …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROVE — rove, Rove BrE AmE rəʊv AmE roʊv ▷ roved rəʊvd AmE roʊvd ▷ roves rəʊvz AmE roʊvz ▷ roving ˈrəʊv …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ROVE — / rəʊv; NAmE roʊv/ verb 1. ( formal ) to travel from one place to another, often with no particular …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEETLE — / ˈbiːtl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. an insect, often large and black, with a hard case …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROVE — Rove, Karl /kɑːl $ kɑːrl/ BrE AmE (1950–) a US Republican political ↑ strategist , who worked for George W. …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROVE — rove /rəʊv $ roʊv/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Perhaps from rave 'to wander' (14-19 centuries) , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEETLE — Beetle BrE AmE British English , ‖ Bug American English informal a small car made by Volkswagen which has a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROVE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. wander without a settled destination, roam, ramble. 2 intr. (of eyes) look in changing …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEETLE — n. & v. --n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROVE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. wander without a settled destination, roam, ramble. 2 intr. (of eyes) look in changing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 a tool with a heavy head and a handle, used for ramming, crushing, driving wedges, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEETLE — n. & v. n. 1 any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases closing …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROVE — 1. v. & n. --v. 1. intr. wander without a settled destination, roam, ramble. 2 intr. (of eyes) look in …
Oxford English vocab
BEETLE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. any insect of the order Coleoptera, with modified front wings forming hard protective cases …
Oxford English vocab
ROVE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN eye ▪ His eyes roved boldly over her sleeping body. ▪ But by now …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEETLE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ Tiny, polished black pollen beetles crawled over her hand: she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEETLE — n. ladybird beetle snout beetle bark beetle blister beetle Colorado potato beetle cucumber beetle deathwatch beetle dermestid beetle dung beetle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ROVE — verb Rove is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ eye
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROVE — I 1. сущ. 1) (бесцельная) прогулка, скитания, странствие Syn : wandering, travel 2) редк. шотл. грезы, фантазии 3) диал., с.-х. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) 'жук' (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) ∙ blind …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROVE — rove.ogg _I 1. rəʋv n 1. (бесцельная) прогулка, скитания to be on the rove - бродить, скитаться 2. с.-х. мелкая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEETLE — beetle.ogg _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEETLE — I 1. beetle сущ.1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen)•• blind as …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ROVE — _I 1. rəʋv n 1. (бесцельная) прогулка, скитания to be on the rove - бродить, скитаться 2. с.-х. мелкая пахота, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — _I 1. ʹbi:tl n 1. 1> жук carpet beetle - ковровый жучок 2> энт. отряд жесткокрылых ( Coleoptera ) 2. …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEETLE — I 1. ˈbitl сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" ( ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ROVE — I [Ї†Ќђ] rove.wav 1. сущ. 1) (бесцельная) прогулка, скитания, странствие Syn: wandering, travel 2) редк. шотл. грезы, фантазии 3) диал., с.-х. мелкая пахота 2. гл. 1) скитаться; странствовать; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEETLE — I 1. ['¤Ђ«®] beetle.wav сущ. 1) жук 2) разг. таракан 3) амер. (Beetle) "жук" (ласковое название маленького автомобиля марки Volkswagen) •• blind as a beetle, beetle blind …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки (Coleoptera) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa snout beetle - alleculid beetles - Alleghany spruce …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BEETLE — жук; pl жуки ( Coleoptera ) - Alaska spruce beetle - alder flea beetle - alder leaf beetle - alfalfa …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BEETLE — _I _n. 1> жук - Colorado beetle 2> _собир. таракан; blind as a beetle - совершенно слепой - beetle blind …
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