Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A fermented alcoholic beverage made from pears, similar to hard apple cider.

    Birnenmost, Birnenwein

    гру́шевый сидрgrúševyj sidr, пуаре́puarɛ́

    a fermented and often effervescent beverage made from juice of pears; similar in taste to hard cider

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Perry obtained precious information from him.

    ruПерри получил от него очень ценную информацию.

    dePerry holte eine wertvolle Information aus ihm heraus.

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  2. Perry became used to the loud deliberations.

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  3. Perry has acquired the habit of thinking aloud.

    ruПерри приобрел привычку думать вслух.

    dePerry hat sich angewöhnt, laut zu denken.

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  4. Perry has got into the habit of thinking aloud.

    dePerry hat sich angewöhnt, laut zu denken.

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  5. That man is Perry Mason, the lawyer.

    deDieser Mann ist Perry Mason, der Anwalt.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Beverage from pears:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Beverage from pears:

Origin

From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pi

From Middle English perre; from Old French peré; from Vulgar Latin *piratum; from Latin pirum.

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Forms

plural: perries
Singularperry
Pluralperries

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • United States commodore who led the fleet that defeated the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812; brother of Matthew Calbraith Perry (1785-1819):Oliver Hazard PerryCommodore Perry
  • United States philosopher (1876-1957):Ralph Barton Perry
  • United States admiral who led a naval expedition to Japan and signed a treaty in 1854 opening up trade relations between United States and Japan; brother of Oliver Hazard Perry (1794-1858):Matthew C. PerryMatthew Calbraith Perry

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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