| inglês > português |
| chalk |
| 1. gesso |
| 2. giz |
| inglês > inglês |
| chalk |
| 1. n. A soft, white, powdery limestone. |
| 2. n. A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum, that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard. |
| 3. n. Tailor's chalk. |
| 4. n. (climbing) A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk. |
| 5. n. (US, military) A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers. |
| 6. n. (US, sports) The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win. |
| 7. v. To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue. |
| 8. v. To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk. |
| 9. v. To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field. |
| 10. v. (figuratively) To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard. |
| 11. v. To manure (land) with chalk. |
| 12. v. To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. |
| português > inglês |
| giz |
| 1. n-m. chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and on a blackboard) |