girth
A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle…A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
» Due to his expanding girth, he shifted from belts to suspenders.
Wegen seines zunehmenden Leibesumfangs stieg er von Gürteln auf Hosenträger um.
Значення
значень: 6(злічуване, незлічуване)A band passed under the belly of an animal, which holds a saddle or a harness saddle in place.
Sattelgurt
подпру́гаpodprúga
попру́гаpoprúha
stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place
(злічуване, незлічуване)The part of an animal around which the girth fits.
(злічуване, розмовне, незлічуване)One's waistline circumference, most often a large one.
(злічуване, незлічуване)A small horizontal brace or girder.
(злічуване, незлічуване)The distance measured around an object; the circumference.
Umfang
обхва́тobxvát
окру́жністьokrúžnistʹ
the distance around a person's body
(злічуване, незлічуване)The length of the shortest cycle in a graph.
Приклади
речень: 3Due to his expanding girth, he shifted from belts to suspenders.
deWegen seines zunehmenden Leibesumfangs stieg er von Gürteln auf Hosenträger um.
Girth is more significant than length.
The incredible girth of a Sequoia tree is necessary to support its titanic height.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 2
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Походження
From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō,From Middle English girth, gerth, gyrth, from Old Norse gjǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *gerdō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- (“to encircle, enclose; belt”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌳𐌰 (gairda), Icelandic gjörð. Also related to German Gurt, English gird, Albanian ngërthej (“to tie, bind, fasten”).
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Форми
множина: girthsСиноніми
синонімів: 2- stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place:cinch
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 11Уроки до слова
уроків: 1- A1Злічувані та незлічувані іменники — Бо воно може бути незлічуваним