Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (countable) A dispute or heated argument (especially one that is verbal).
- (countable, archery, historical) An arrow or bolt for a crossbow or an arbalest, traditionally with the head square in its cross section.
- (countable) Often preceded by a form of to have: a basis or ground of dispute or objection; a complaint; also, a feeling or situation of ill will and unhappiness caused by this.
- (countable, architecture) A diamond- or square-shaped piece of glass forming part of a lattice window.
- (rare, uncountable) A propensity to quarrel; quarrelsomeness.
- (countable, Northern England, architecture) A square tile; a quarry tile; (uncountable) such tiles collectively.
- (countable, obsolete, rare) A cutting tool or chisel with a diamond- or square-shaped end.
- (countable, architecture, obsolete) A small square-shaped opening in window tracery.
Verbi
- (intransitive, also, figuratively) To argue fiercely; to contend; to squabble; to cease to be on friendly terms, to fall out.
- (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
- (intransitive, obsolete) Followed by at: to disagree with; to take offence.
- (transitive, obsolete, except, Scotland) To argue or squabble with (someone).
Esimerkit
- We got into a silly quarrel about what food to order.
- Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side. François de La Rochefoucauld
- A few customers in the shop had some quarrels with us, so we called for the manager.
- Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him. - Bible, Mark vi. 19
- You mistake, sir. I am sure no man hath any quarrel to me. - Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act 3, scene 4
- Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust.
- to quarrel with one's lot
- I will not quarrel with a slight mistake.
- I had quarrelled my brother purposely.
- Twanged the string, out flew the quarrel long, / And through the subtle air did singing pass.
- to shoot with arrows and quarrel
- two arblasts,[...]with windlaces and quarrels
- The small cross-bow, called the arbalet or arbalest, is said to have been invented by the Sicilians. It was carried by the foot-soldiers, and when used was charged with a quarrel or bar-bolt, that is, a small arrow with a flat head, one of which occasioned the death of Harold at the battle of Hastings,.
- Satin scooped up his crossbow and sent a few quarrels after them as they ran, to see them off the faster.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | quarreled | Partisiipin perfekti | quarrelled |
| Imperfekti | quarreled | Imperfekti | quarrelled |
| Partisiipin preesens | quarreling | Partisiipin preesens | quarrelling |
| Monikko | quarrels | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | quarrels |