fay
To join tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that…To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
» Morgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.
Morgana war eine mächtige Zauberin und die Halbschwester König Artus’.
Значение
значений: 5(переходный)To join (pieces of timber) tightly. The long edges of the staves of a barrel have to be fayed so that when it is assembled it will not leak.
(непереходный)Of pieces of timber: to lie close together.
(диалектное)To cleanse; clean out.
(устаревшее)To fit, to add.
(устаревшее)To fadge.
Примеры
предложений: 1Morgan le Fay was a powerful sorceress and the half-sister of King Arthur.
deMorgana war eine mächtige Zauberin und die Halbschwester König Artus’. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), froInherited from Middle English feyen, feien, from Old English fēġan (“to join, unite”), from Proto-West Germanic *fōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *fōgijaną (“to join”), from *fōgō (“joint, slot”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”). Akin to Saterland Frisian fougje (“to join, add”), West Frisian foegje (“to join, add”), Dutch voegen (“to add, place”), German Low German fögen (“to join, add”), German fügen (“to connect”), Old English fōn (“to catch”). More at fang.
Inherited from Middle English feien (“to cleanse”), from Old Norse fægja (“to cleanse, polish”), from Proto-Germanic *fēgijaną (“to decorate, make beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *pōḱ-, *pēḱ- (“to clean, adorn”). Cognate with Swedish feja (“to sweep”), Danish feje (“to sweep”), German fegen (“to cleanse, scour, sweep”), Dutch vegen (“to sweep, strike”). More at feague, fake, fair.
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Формы
fays, faying, fayed, fayedСинонимы
синонимов: 3Однокоренные
связанных слов: 1Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени