Palabra Inglés del Día

neck

cuello

Definiciones

inglés > español
neck
1. s. Cuello, cogote, pescuezo.
2. s. Por extensión, cuello de una prenda de vestir.
3. s. Por analogía, cuello de una botella o mango de un instrumento de cuerda.
inglés > inglés
neck
1. s. (anatomy) The part of body connecting the head and the trunk found in humans and some animals.
2. s. The corresponding part in some other anatomical contexts.
3. s. The part of a shirt, dress etc., which fits a person's neck.
4. s. The tapered part of a bottle toward the opening.
5. s. (botany) The slender tubelike extension atop an archegonium, through which the sperm swim to reach the egg.
6. s. (music) The extension of any stringed instrument on which a fingerboard is mounted
7. s. A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
8. s. (engineering) A reduction in size near the end of an object, formed by a groove around it.
a neck forming the journal of a shaft
9. s. The constriction between the root and crown of a tooth.
10. s. (architecture) The gorgerin of a capital.
11. s. (firearms) The small part of a gun between the chase and the swell of the muzzle.
12. s. (informal, MLE, slang) A falsehood; a lie.
13. v. To hang by the neck; strangle; kill, eliminate
Go neck yourself.
14. v. (chiefly US) To make love; to intently kiss or cuddle; to canoodle.
Alan and Betty were necking in the back of a car when Betty's dad caught them.
15. v. To drink rapidly.
16. v. To decrease in diameter.
español > inglés
cuello
1. n-m. neck (part of body connecting the head and the torso)
2. n-m. collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)