Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To cheat or swindle.

    schwindeln, betrügen, übers Ohr hauen

    обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, мошенничатьmošenničatʹ, нечестно игра́тьnečestno igrátʹ

  2. (obsolete)To squat; to ruck.

More definitions
  • deprive of by deceit

Examples

28 sentences
  1. Tom sacrificed his rook to avoid mate.

    Том пожертвував туру, аби уникнути мату. — deniko

    ruТом пожертвовал ладью, чтобы избежать мата. — carlosalberto

    deTom opferte seinen Turm, um ein Schachmatt zu vermeiden. — carlosalberto

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  2. The rooks are placed in the corners during the set-up phase.

    Тури ставлять у кутки у початковій позиції. — deniko

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  3. A rook always covers 14 squares.

    Тура завжди контролює 14 клітинок. — deniko

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  4. Castling is a special move in chess whereby a rook is transferred to the square crossed by the king.

    Рокировка - особливий хід у шахах, коли тура ставиться на клітинку, яку перестрибує король. — deniko

    deDie Rochade ist ein besonderer Schachzug, durch den ein Turm in das vom König überquerte Feld versetzt wird. — Yorwba

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  5. A rook is a chess piece.

    ruЛадья - это шахматная фигура. — souris_qui_rit

    deDer Turm ist eine Schachfigur. — Sudajaengi

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
cheat, swindle:

Origin

* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic

* Inherited from Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “crow”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”).

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Forms

rooks, rooking, rooked, rooked
Base formrook · to rook
3rd person singularrooks
Present participlerooking
Past simplerooked
Past participlerooked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrook
he, she, itrooks

Past simpleLesson

all personsrooked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rooked
he, she, ithas rooked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rook

Synonyms

17 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedrooker

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rook — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto