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leg

been

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leg

1. been

2. poot

Engels > Engels

leg

1. n. The lower limb of a human being or animal that extends from the groin to the ankle.

Dan won't be able to come to the party, since he broke his leg last week and is now on crutches.

2. n. (anatomy) The portion of the lower appendage of a human that extends from the knee to the ankle.

3. n. A part of garment, such as a pair of trousers/pants, that covers a leg.

The left leg of these jeans has a tear.

4. n. A stage of a journey, race etc.

After six days, we're finally in the last leg of our cross-country trip.

5. n. (nautical) A distance that a sailing vessel does without changing the sails from one side to the other.

6. n. (nautical) One side of a multiple-sided (often triangular) course in a sailing race.

7. n. (sports) A single game or match played in a tournament or other sporting contest.

8. n. (geometry) One of the two sides of a right triangle that is not the hypotenuse.

9. n. (geometry) One of the branches of a hyperbola or other curve which extend outward indefinitely.

10. n. A rod-like protrusion from an inanimate object, supporting it from underneath.

the legs of a chair or table

11. n. (usually used in plural) evidence, the ability for a thing or idea to succeed or persist

12. n. (slang) A disreputable sporting character; a blackleg.

13. n. An extension of a steam boiler downward, in the form of a narrow space between vertical plates, sometimes nearly surrounding the furnace and ash pit, and serving to support the boiler; called also wat

14. n. In a grain elevator, the case containing the lower part of the belt which carries the buckets.

15. n. (cricket) A fielder whose position is on the outside, a little in rear of the batter.

16. n. (telephony) A branch or lateral circuit connecting an instrument with the main line.

17. n. (electrical) A branch circuit; one phase of a polyphase system.

18. n. (US, slang) An army soldier assigned to a paratrooper unit who has not yet been qualified as a paratrooper.

19. v. To remove the legs from an animal carcass.

20. v. To build legs onto a platform or stage for support.

21. v. To put a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market.

22. v. To apply force using the leg (as in 'to leg a horse').

23. n. abbreviation of legislature

One argument made a lot in the leg was that the bill would simplify voting.

24. adj. abbreviation of legislative

The party wants to tackle social issues in the next leg term.

Nederlands > Engels

been

1. n-n. (topics, Body parts) leg, limb of a person, horse (other animals' would have poten) and certain objects (again many have poten)

De benen van een passer. - The legs of a pair of compasses.

2. n-n. (mathematics) side, leg

De benen van een hoek. - The sides of an angle.

3. n-n. the upper part of a sock, above the ankle.

4. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, constituent part of a skeleton.

De archeologen vonden oude beenderen van een dinosaurus in de opgraving. - The archaeologists found ancient bones of a dinosaur in the excavation.

5. n-n. (topics, Body parts) bone, the chalky material bones are made of.

6. v. imperative of benen

Uitspraak

Voorbeeldzinnen

He had an accident and broke his leg.
    Hij heeft een ongeluk gehad en zijn been gebroken.
The soldier was wounded in the leg.
    De soldaat was gewond aan het been.
I think I broke my leg.
    Ik denk dat ik mijn been heb gebroken.
A dog bit her leg.
    Een hond heeft in haar been gebeten.
She fell down and broke her left leg.
    Ze viel naar beneden en brak haar linkerbeen.

Vorige woorden herzien

bicycle	May	seal	ruler
sixty-four	glider	sauce	eight
stationery	sixty-nine	anaesthetic	fence
cable car	bark	wave	minute

Willekeurig

face	fly	mouse	power point
jaw	sixty-four	milk	soup
nine	tram	eraser	lake
yoghurt	bed	sneaker	chalk

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