spar
A rafter of a roofA rafter of a roof.
» Mary's sparring partner had a seizure.
Marias Sparringpartner hatte einen Krampfanfall.
Meaning
9 sensesA rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
столбstolb
a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
Spiere, Rundholz
ранго́утrangóut
A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
Holm, Flügelholm
лонжеро́н крыла́lonžerón krylá
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
(Multicultural London English)A friend, a mate, a pal.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
(countable, uncountable)Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
Spat
шпатšpat
(obsolete)A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
Examples
12 sentencesMary's sparring partner had a seizure.
deMarias Sparringpartner hatte einen Krampfanfall.
Every good fighter needs a sparring partner.
deJeder gute Kämpfer braucht jemanden, mit dem er üben kann.
Would you like to spar with me?
ruХочешь спарринг со мной?
During an annual inspection, the aviation mechanic discovered corrosion in the wing spar.
However not attacking your partner in sparring is not a kindness!
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 4
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Origin
From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb)From Middle English sparre (“spar, rafter, beam”) (noun), sparren (“to close, bar”) (verb), from Middle Dutch sparre or Middle Low German Sparre, all ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sparrô (“stake, beam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)par- (“beam, log”). Compare Dutch spar (“balk”), German Sparren (“rafter, spar”), Danish sparre (“spar”), Albanian shparr, shpardh (“kind of oak”). Perhaps also compare spear.
From Middle English sparren (“to dart out; to strike out”), from Old English sperran, spirran, spyrran (“to strike, strike out at, spar”), related to Low German sparre (“a struggling, striving”), German sich sperren (“to struggle, resist, oppose”), Icelandic sperrast (“to kick out at, thrust, struggle”). The slang sense of friend is probably from the phrase sparring partner under the influence of the similar slang words par and star.
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Forms
plural: sparsSynonyms
1 synonyms- making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer:sparring