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1 begging
beg.ging[b'egiŋ] n ato de pedir ou implorar, mendicância. -
2 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) pedinte* * *beg.gar[b'egə] n 1 mendigo, pedinte. 2 indigente: pessoa muito pobre. 3 sujeito. • vt 1 empobrecer: levar à miséria ou pobreza. 2 fig despir, roubar. 3 superar, fazer parecer pobre. it beggars all descriptions / supera todas as descrições. beggars can’t be choosers quem recebe esmola não tem direito de reclamar. lucky beggar felizardo, sujeito de sorte. poor little beggar pobre coitado. -
3 scrounge
(to get by begging from someone else: May I scrounge some coffee?) cravar* * *[skraundʒ] vt+vi sl 1 surrupiar, filar. 2 viver à custa de outros. -
4 supplicant
(a person begging humbly and earnestly eg for mercy.)* * *sup.pli.cant[s'∧plikənt] n suplicante. • adj suplicante. -
5 tramp
[træmp] 1. verb1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) pisar forte2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) vaguear2. noun1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) vagabundo2) (a long walk.) caminhada3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) tropel4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) navio de carga5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.)* * *[træmp] n 1 ruído de andar pesado, passo pesado e firme. 2 caminhada longa e estafante, marcha, viagem a pé. 3 vagabundo, mendigo, itinerante. 4 sl vagabunda, prostituta. 5 navio que aporta e pega carga onde puder. • vt+vi 1 andar com passos pesados. 2 pisar ruidosamente. 3 andar, caminhar, marchar, viajar a pé. 4 levar vida itinerante. 5 vagabundear, vaguear. on the tramp a) em viagem a pé. b) vagabundeando. to go for a tramp fazer uma longa caminhada. -
6 beggar
noun (a person who lives by begging: The beggar asked for money for food.) mendigo -
7 scrounge
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8 supplicant
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9 tramp
[træmp] 1. verb1) (to walk with heavy footsteps: He tramped up the stairs.) andar pesadamente2) (to walk usually for a long distance: She loves tramping over the hills.) vaguear2. noun1) (a person with no fixed home or job, who travels around on foot and usually lives by begging: He gave his old coat to a tramp.) vagabundo2) (a long walk.) caminhada3) (the sound of heavy footsteps.) tropel4) ((also tramp steamer) a small cargo-boat with no fixed route.) cargueiro sem linha regular5) ((American) a prostitute or a woman who sleeps with a lot of men.)
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begging — index request Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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begging — n. to live by begging * * * [ begɪŋ] to live by begging … Combinatory dictionary
begging — noun Begging is used before these nouns: ↑bowl … Collocations dictionary
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begging letter — begging letters N COUNT (disapproval) A begging letter is a letter from a person or organization in which they ask you to send some money for a particular purpose. [mainly BRIT] He has received sacks of begging letters following reports about his … English dictionary
begging bowl — begging .bowl n 1.) used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country ▪ Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government. 2.) a container which a beggar holds out to people for money … Dictionary of contemporary English
