thick-knee definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: large-headed ... of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint [syn: stone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stone Stone, n. [OE ... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The ...
thick-kneed plover definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stone Stone, n ... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U ... hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used ...
... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U ... hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used ... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [ ...
... not full. Thin hollow sounds, and lamentable screams. 7. Not thick or close; of a loose texture; not impervious to the ... Attenuate.] 1. To make thin; to make rare or less thick; to attenuate; as, to thin the blood. 2. To make ... blouse"; "a thin book"; "a thin layer of paint" [ant: thick] 2: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich ... milk is much thinner than whole milk"; "thin oil" [ant: thick] 6: (of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble ... viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" [syn: thinly, thin] [ant: thick, thickly] Merriam Webster's I. adjective (thinner; thinnest) Etymology: Middle ... thinnish adjective Synonyms: thin, slender, slim, slight, tenuous mean not thick, broad, abundant, or dense. thin implies comparatively little extension ...
... toad, close at the ear of Eve. 2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. The head of ... mineral. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some ... position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squat, squatting] 2: a small worthless amount; "you don ... adj. (squatter, squattest) 1 (of a person etc.) short and thick, dumpy. 2 in a squatting posture. --n. 1 a squatting ... close at the ear of Eve. --Milton. 2. Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting. ``The round, squat ... or something as squat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way. Eddie was a short ...
... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U ... hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used ... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [ ...
... of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint [syn: stone curlew, thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Willet Wil"let, n ... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, ...
... foot and leg to the middle and tied underneath the knee, worn by actors in tragedy on the state. The buskins of the ancients had very thick soles, to raise the actors and actresses to the stature ... 2005) n 1: a boot reaching halfway up to the knee [syn: buskin, combat boot, desert boot, half boot, top boot ... 1. a laced boot reaching halfway or more to the knee 2. a. cothurnus 1 b. tragedy; especially tragedy resembling that ... Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 either of a pair of thick-soled laced boots worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor ... spirit. 3 hist. either of a pair of calf- or knee-high boots of cloth or leather worn in the ...
... ignorant, stupid person; a weak or cowardly man. 3. The thick fleshy part of the leg behind; so called from its ... century the fleshy back part of the leg below the knee Oxford Reference Dictionary 1. n. (pl. calves) 1 a young ... the fleshy hind part of the human leg below the knee. Derivatives: -calved adj. (in comb.). Etymology: ME f. ON kálfi ... lfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of ... are called calves. N-COUNT 3. Your calf is the thick part at the back of your leg, between your ankle and your knee. ...a calf injury. N-COUNT Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
... used.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature; "some ... Webster's adjective (stumpier; -est) Date: 1600 1. short and thick ; stubby 2. full of stumps Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. (stumpier, stumpiest) short and thick. Derivatives: stumpily adv. stumpiness n. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stumpy ... a. 1. Full of stumps; hard; strong. 2. Short and thick; stubby. [Colloq.] ``A stumpy little man.'' --J. C. Harris. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary Stumpy things are short and thick. Does this dress make my legs look too stumpy? ADJ ... fat, flat, flatfooted, grotesque, ill-made, ill-proportioned, ill-shaped, knee-high, knock-kneed, knocked flat, laid low, low, low- ...
... 1: a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint [syn: patella, kneecap, kneepan] 2: type genus of the ... Latin, from diminutive of patina shallow dish Date: 1693 a thick flat triangular movable bone that forms the anterior point of the knee and protects the front of the joint — called also kneecap ... or vase. 2. (Anat.) The kneepan; the cap of the knee. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. [ L. ] 1. Knee-pan, knee-cap. 2. (Conch.) Limpet.
... and the trunk. As the word signifies, it is the thick part of the lower limbs. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... the part of the leg between the hip and the knee 2: the upper joint of the leg of a fowl ... hind or lower limb extending from the hip to the knee b. the segment of the leg immediately distal to the ... part of the human leg between the hip and the knee. 2 a corresponding part in other animals. Phrases and idioms ... Anat.) The proximal segment of the hind limb between the knee and the trunk. See Femur. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The ... and American) "leg")): The portion of the leg from the knee to the hip, against which a weapon hangs when ...
... organ. 10. Very still; solemn; profound; as deep silence. 11. Thick; black; not to be penetrated by the sight. Now deeper ... deep purple"; "a rich red" [syn: deep, rich] 8: relatively thick from top to bottom; "deep carpets"; "deep snow" 9: extending ... far inward; "a deep border" 10: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep] 11: large in quantity or size; "deep cuts in ... intimate, into, intricate, intriguing, intrinsic, inventive, involved, inward, irresistible, keen, knee-deep, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered, literate, lost, low, low- ...
... the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape] 3: remove the bark ... chip, or damage the surface of < fell and skinned my knee > 2. a. to cover with or as if with skin ... skin colloq. interest or annoy a person intensely. have a thick (or thin) skin be insensitive (or sensitive) to criticism etc ... with cl 8. If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended. You need a thick skin to be a headmaster. PHRASE: N inflects, usu v ...
... in Europe (Edicnemus crepitans). It frequents stony places. Called also thick-kneed plover or bustard, and thick-knee. (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.] (c) The willet. [Local, U ... hammer formed with a face at one end, and a thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other, -- used ... grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine ...