WEAK SISTER

Meaning of WEAK SISTER in English

Informal.

1. a vacillating person; coward.

2. a part or element that undermines the whole of something; a weak link.

[ 1855-60 ]

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

WEAK SISTER — noun Date: 1857 a member of a group who needs aid
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WEAK SISTER — noun : a member of a group who needs aid : an element or factor that is weak and ineffective …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEAK SISTER — Date: 1857 : a member of a group who needs aid ; also : something weak and ineffective as compared …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAK SISTER — Function: noun Date: 1857 : a member of a group who needs aid also : something weak and ineffective as …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WEAK SISTER — ■ noun N. Amer. informal a weak member of a group.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WEAK SISTER — [weak sister] n (1857): a member of a group who needs aid; also: something that is weak and ineffective as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WEAK SISTER — Synonyms and related words : Lord Fauntleroy, Milquetoast, Percy, baby, big baby, chicken, chicken liver, coward, cream puff, crybaby, doormat, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAK SISTER — A push-over
Slang English vocab
WEAK SISTER — n (sl) женоподобный мужчина
Dirty English-Russian vocab
WEAK SISTER — амер.; разг. слабый, ненадежный человек (любого пола) Syn : ineffectual, unreliable член группы, нуждающийся в помощи; отстающий - the weak …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAK SISTER — член группы, нуждающийся в помощи; отстающий the weak sisters in the class found the assignment too difficult - слабым ученикам …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WEAK SISTER — амер.; разг.слабый, ненадежный человек (любого пола) Syn:ineffectual, unreliable
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WEAK SISTER — член группы, нуждающийся в помощи; отстающий the ~s in the class found the assignment too difficult - слабым ученикам задание …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WEAK SISTER — член группы, нуждающийся в помощи; отстающий the weak sisters in the class found the assignment too difficult - слабым ученикам …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WEAK SISTER — амер. ; разг. слабый, ненадежный человек ( любого пола ) Syn: ineffectual , unreliable
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WEAK SISTER — амер.; разг. слабый, ненадежный человек (любого пола) Syn: ineffectual, unreliable
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
WEAK SISTER — n AmE sl It looks like he is a weak sister on the team — Мне кажется, что он может подвести …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WEAK SISTER — n AmE sl It looks like he is a weak sister on the team — Мне кажется, что он может …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
WEAK SISTER — weak sister n AmE sl It looks like he is a weak sister on the team Мне кажется, что он …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WEAK SISTER — It looks like he is a weak sister on the team — Мне кажется, что он может подвести команду We …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WEAK SISTER — (slang) легко доступная женщина
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
WEAK SISTER — (слэнг) легко доступная женщина
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
WEAK SISTER — амер.; разг. слабый, ненадежный человек (любого пола) Syn : ineffectual, unreliable член группы, нуждающийся в помощи; отстающий - the weak …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAK — I. ˈwēk adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English waike, weike, weke, from Old Norse veikr; akin to Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SISTER — I. ˈsistə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sister, suster, soster, partly from Old English sweostor …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WEAK — ( v. i. ) Lacking ability for an appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WEAK — /week/ , adj., weaker, weakest . 1. not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SISTER — — sisterless , adj. — sisterlike , adj. /sis"teuhr/ , n. 1. a female offspring having both parents in common …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WEAK — adjective Etymology: Middle English weike, from Old Norse veikr; akin to Old English wīcan to yield, Greek eikein to give …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SISTER — noun Etymology: Middle English suster, sister, partly from Old English sweostor and partly from Old Norse systir sister; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WEAK — vi wanting physical strength. 2. weak ·vi tending towards lower prices; as, a weak market. 3. weak ·add. ·adj lacking …
Webster English vocab
SISTER — vt to be sister to; to resemble closely. 2. sister ·noun one of the same kind, or of the same …
Webster English vocab
WEAK — [weak] adj [ME weike, fr. ON veikr; akin to OE wican to yield, Gk eikein to give way, Skt vijate …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SISTER — [sis.ter] n [ME suster, sister, partly fr. OE sweostor and partly of Scand origin; akin to ON systir sister; akin …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SISTER — sister, S~ BrE AmE ˈsɪst ə AmE - ə r ▷ sister|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WEAK — / wiːk; NAmE / adjective ( weaker , weakest ) NOT PHYSICALLY STRONG 1. not physically strong : She is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — / ˈsɪstə(r); NAmE / noun 1. a girl or woman who has the same mother and father as another person …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WEAK — weak S3 W2 /wiːk/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ weakling , ↑ weakness ; verb : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SISTER — sis ‧ ter S1 W1 /ˈsɪstə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: sweostor ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WEAK
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SISTER — n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WEAK
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SISTER — n. 1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WEAK
Oxford English vocab
SISTER — n.1 a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2 a (often as a …
Oxford English vocab
WEAK — ( weaker, weakest) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If someone is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — ( sisters) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your sister is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SISTER — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Your ~ is a girl …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WEAK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SISTER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby son/daughter/brother/sister ▪ We’d like a baby brother or sister for Ben. elder brother/son/sister/daughter …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SISTER — [noun] [C] - a female who has the same parents as another personSophie and Emily are sisters.Emily is Sophie's younger/little/older/big …
Cambridge English vocab
WEAK — Synonyms and related words : Adamic, Adamite, Adamitic, abulic, accented, accessible, achromatic, achromic, afraid, airy, alveolar, amenable, anemic, anile, anthropocentric, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SISTER — Synonyms and related words : Greek, LPN, RN, abbess, affiliate, ally, alter ego, analogon, analogue, associate, aunt, auntie, belonger, blood …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAK — adj. Function: adjective 1 lacking physical, mental, or moral strength FF1C; a weak spirit in a weak body FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WEAK — adjective 1. lacking physical, mental, or moral strength a weak spirit in a weak body Synonyms: decrepit, feeble, flimsy, fragile, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAK — INDEX: 1. physically weak 2. not powerful 3. easy to attack or harm 4. to make someone or something weak …
Longman Activator English vocab
SISTER — • ↑ kid sister/brother • ↑ little sister/brother • ↑ younger sister/brother
Longman Activator English vocab
WEAK — adj. 25B6; adjective they are too weak to move : FRAIL, feeble, delicate, fragile; infirm, sick, sickly, debilitated, incapacitated, ailing, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WEAK — adj. 1 feeble, frail, fragile, unsubstantial, flimsy, breakable, frangible, delicate, rickety, unsteady, unsound, decrepit, shaky, infirm That chair is too …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WEAK
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SISTER — сущ. 1) а) сестра big, older sister ≈ старшая сестра kid разг., little, younger sister ≈ младшая сестра full sister, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WEAK
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SISTER — sister.ogg 1. ʹsıstə n 1. 1> сестра full sister - родная /полнородная/ сестра one's big little sister - старшая сестра …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WEAK — 1) беден 2) бедный 3) немощный 4) непрочен 5) непрочный 6) низкоконцентрированный 7) ослабленный 8) слабый 9) хлипкий 10) чахлый • almost weak topology — почти слабая топология basis of weak homologies …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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