QUAIL

Meaning of QUAIL in English

(v. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

QUAIL — Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or curled …
Английский словарь Британика
QUAIL — I. ˈkwāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( plural quail or quails ) Etymology: Middle English quaile, quaille, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
QUAIL — (n.) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (n.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted …
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QUAIL — (n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, …
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QUAIL — (n.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail …
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — ( n. ) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( n. ) A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — quail 1 — quaillike , adj. /kwayl/ , n. , pl. quails , ( esp. collectively ) quail . 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — I. ˈkwāl noun ( plural quail or quails ) Etymology: Middle English quaile, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
QUAIL — vi to curdle; to coagulate, as milk. 2. quail ·noun a prostitute; so called because the quail was thought …
Webster English vocab
QUAIL — [quail] n, pl quail or quails [ME quaille, fr. MF, fr. ML quaccula, of imit. origin] (14c): any of numerous …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
QUAIL — any of 130 species of small, short-tailed game birds of the family Phasianidae (order Galliformes), resembling partridges but generally smaller …
Britannica English vocabulary
QUAIL — quail, Quail BrE AmE kweɪ ə l ▷ quailed kweɪ ə ld ▷ quailing ˈkweɪ ə l ɪŋ ▷ quails …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
QUAIL — / kweɪl; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ C , U ] ( pl. quails or quail ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUAIL — I. quail 1 /kweɪl/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: quaille …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
QUAIL — ( quails, or quail, quails, quailing, quailed) 1. A quail is a type of small bird which is often shot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
QUAIL — I. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because transplanted quail cells will behave normally in chick embryos, she realized she had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
QUAIL — n. Any of several species of short-tailed game birds (family Phasianidae), some with a head plume that is straight or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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QUAIL — I kweɪl сущ. 1) мн. неизм. перепел, перепелка 2) амер. ; сл. девушка II kweɪl гл. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
QUAIL — I [°¦ўЎ®] quail.wav сущ. 1) мн. неизм. перепел, перепелка 2) амер.; сл. девушка II [°¦ўЎ®] quail.wav гл. 1) дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before) I quail at the …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
QUAIL — 1) перепел (Coturnix); обыкновенный перепел (Coturnix coturnix) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых (Phasianidae) • - banded quail - barred quail - black-breasted quail - blue …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
QUAIL — 1) перепел ( Coturnix ) ; обыкновенный перепел ( Coturnix coturnix ) 2) мелкая птица из сем. фазановых ( Phasianidae …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
QUAIL — _I _n. 1> _pl. _invar. перепел 2> _ам. _унив. _жарг. студентка _II _v. 1> дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before); I …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
QUAIL — quail n AmE sl Just look at this quail - isn't she lovely? Ты только посмотри, какая клевая чувиха!
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Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
QUAIL — v. timer (córam), chancelar; n. (bird) cotórnice
English interlingue dictionary
QUAIL — buntogs (Noun) pugo
English-Visayan vocabulary
QUAIL — I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin quaccula, of imitative origin Date: …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
QUAIL — (v. i.) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the …
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (v. i.) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — ( v. t. ) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( v. i. ) To die; to perish; hence, to wither; to fade.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( v. i. ) To curdle; to coagulate, as milk.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — ( v. i. ) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
QUAIL — v. flinch from fear, recoil, cringe; falter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUAIL — n. any species of small game bird from the genus Coturnix
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
QUAIL — n. Function: verb Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch quelen Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1 a chiefly dialect : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUAIL — n. Pronunciation: ' kw ā l Function: noun Inflected Form: plural quail or quails Etymology: Middle English quaile, from Anglo-French, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
QUAIL — ~ 1 ■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) a small short-tailed game bird. [ Coturnix coturnix and other …
Concise Oxford English vocab
QUAIL — v.intr. flinch; be apprehensive with fear. [ME, of unkn. orig.]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUAIL — n. (pl. same or quails) any small migratory bird of the genus Coturnix, with a short tail and allied to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
QUAIL — v.intr. flinch; be apprehensive with fear. [ ME, of unkn. orig. ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUAIL — n. (pl. same or quails) any small migratory bird of the genus Coturnix, with a short tail and allied to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
QUAIL — 1. n. (pl. same or quails) any small migratory bird of the genus Coturnix, with a short tail and allied …
Oxford English vocab
QUAIL — (~s, or ~, ~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. A ~ is a type of small bird which is often shot and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
QUAIL — (SHOW FEAR) [verb] [I] [literary] - to feel or show fear; to want to able to move away from something …
Cambridge English vocab
QUAIL — Synonyms and related words : Cornish hen, avoid, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, broiler, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chapon, chicken, cower, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUAIL — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Texas (TX) Total Population (2000): 33 Total Housing Units (2000): 16 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
QUAIL — n. Function: verb Synonyms: RECOIL , blanch, blench, flinch, shrink, squinch, start, wince Related Words: cower, cringe
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
QUAIL — n. Function: noun Synonyms: GIRL 1, damsel, gal, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, miss, missy, ||quiff
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
QUAIL — v. n. Cower, shrink, flinch, faint, blench, droop, quake, tremble, be quelled, give way, lose courage, lose spirit, be cast …
Dictionary of English Synonyms
QUAIL — I. noun Synonyms: girl 1, damsel, gal, lass, lassie, maid, maiden, miss, missy, ||quiff II. verb Synonyms: recoil , blanch, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUAIL — n. 25B6; verb COWER, cringe, flinch, shrink, recoil, shy (away), pull back; shiver, tremble, shake, quake, blench, blanch.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
QUAIL — I n. a bevy, covey of ~ II v. ( d ; intr. ) ('to lose courage') to ~ at, …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
QUAIL — Перепел
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
QUAIL — дрогнуть; струсить, спасовать (at, before) rare запугать obs. свертываться, створаживаться (pl без измен.) перепелка amer. univ. sl. студентка
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
QUAIL — (v) падать духом; приходить в ужас; трусить
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary

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