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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot

  • (vanhentunut) beck

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

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Määritelmät

Substantiivit

  1. Anatomical uses.
  2. A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming and for eating food.
  3. A similar structure forming the jaws of an octopus, turtle, etc.
  4. The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
  5. The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
  6. The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
  7. (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
  8. Figurative uses.
  9. Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
  10. (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
  11. (farriery) A toe clip.
  12. (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
  13. (nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead.
  14. Colloquial uses.
  15. (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
  16. (slang, British) A justice of the peace, magistrate, headmaster or other person of authority.

Verbit

  1. (transitive) strike with the beak.
  2. (transitive) seize with the beak.

Esimerkit

  • He's up before the beak again tomorrow.
  • I clapp'd my peepers full of tears, and so the old beak set me free (I began to weep, and the judge set me free)
  • That an unnamed 22-year-old will be up before the Colchester beak in March under the Road Traffic Act's recherché section 3 – covering inconsiderate driving and with a maximum fine of £5,000 – may at first sight seem a facetious use of court resources.
  • In 1854, ill health forced Henry [Fielding] to stop running the organisation that later became the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional police force, and John [Fielding] took over. This despite having lost his sight in a naval accident at the age of 19. He was known as the Blind Beak, and was said to be able to recognise as many as 3,000 criminals by their voices alone.

Taivutusmuodot

Partisiipin perfektibeaked
Imperfektibeaked
Partisiipin preesensbeaking
Monikkobeaks
Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesensbeaks