Значение

значений: 5
  1. (неисчисляемое, обычно)The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

    To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

    Spreu, Kaff, Spelze

    мяки́наmjakína, пле́велplével, се́чкаséčka

    поло́ваpolóva

  2. (неисчисляемое, обычно)Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

    сі́чкаsíčka

  3. (переносно, неисчисляемое, обычно)Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

    отбро́сыotbrósy

  4. (неисчисляемое, обычно)Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

  5. (неисчисляемое, обычно)Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

    Düppel

    foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

Примеры

предложений: 11
  1. Old birds are not caught with chaff.

    Стреляного воробья на мякине не проведёшь.

  2. You really are the chaff of humanity.

  3. Let's separate the wheat from the chaff.

  4. He separated the wheat from the chaff.

    deEr hat die Spreu vom Weizen getrennt.

  5. I'm separating the wheat from the chaff.

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 2
inedible parts of grain plant:
straw or hay cut up for cattle food:
Русский
По значениям 2
inedible parts of grain plant:
excess or unwanted material:
Deutsch
По значениям 2
inedible parts of grain plant:
loose material dropped from aircraft to interfere with radar:

Происхождение

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate wi

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.

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Формы

мн. число: chaffs
Ед. числоchaff

неисчисляемое

Синонимы

синонимов: 6
Близкие по смыслу
  • material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds:huskshuckstalkstrawstubble

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 10

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соседние слова
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