kite

1. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

   A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.

2. A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

   Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

3. A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

4. Some species in the subfamily Perninae.

5. (переносно)A rapacious person.

6. A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.

   On windy spring days, we would fly kites.

   Drachen, Fesseldrachen, Kite

   змейzmej

   пові́тряний змійpovítrjanyj zmij, повітря́ний змійpovitrjányj zmij, змійzmij

7. A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

8. A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

9. (сленг)A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.

10. (сленг)An accommodation bill (“a bill of exchange endorsed by a reputable third party acting as a guarantor, as a favour and without compensation”).

11. (сленг)A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.

12. A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.

    Meronyms: angle, side; see also Thesaurus:polygon

1. Flying a kite can be dangerous.

   Запускать воздушного змея может быть опасно.

   deDrachen steigen lassen kann gefährlich sein.

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2. Tom made a kite for Mary.

   Том сделал Мэри воздушного змея.

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3. Tom attached the string to the kite.

   Том привязал верёвку к воздушному змею.

   deTom befestigte die Schnur am Drachen.

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4. The kite got caught in the tree.

   Воздушный змей застрял на дереве.

   deDer Drachen blieb im Baum hängen.

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5. He flew a kite with his son.

   Он запускал змея вместе с сыном.

   deEr ließ mit seinem Sohn einen Drachen steigen.

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