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. — brauchinet
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