QUAIL

Meaning of QUAIL in English

(n.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and Maryland quail), and the California quail (Calipepla Californica).

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 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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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. t.) To cause to fail in spirit or power; to quell; to crush; to subdue.
Английский словарь Webster
QUAIL — (v. i.) To become quelled; to become cast down; to sink under trial or apprehension of danger; to lose the …
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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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