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[spro:l] 1. verb1) (to sit, lie or fall with the arms and legs spread out widely and carelessly: Several tired-looking people were sprawling in armchairs.) roztiahnuť sa, rozvaľovať sa2) ((of a town etc) to spread out in an untidy and irregular way.) rozliezať sa2. noun1) (an act of sprawling: He was lying in a careless sprawl on the sofa.) rozvalenie2) (an untidy and irregular area (of houses etc): She lost her way in the grimy sprawl of the big city.) rozľahlé bludisko•* * *• utvorit nepravidelnú rojn• vliect sa• vystierat sa• škrabat sa• stahovat• tiahnut sa• hrabat sa• byt roztiahnutý• rozptýlit sa• rozliezat sa• rozrastat sa• roztahovat sa• rozvalený• roztiahnutý rad• roztiahnutie• roztiahnut do šírky• rozvalovat sa• pnút sa• plazit sa• ležat roztiahnutý• natiahnut sa• natahovat• natahovanie
См. также в других словарях:
grimy — meaning ‘covered in grime, dirty’, is spelt grimy, not grimey. The comparative and superlative forms are grimier and grimiest, and the occasionally needed derivative forms are grimily and griminess … Modern English usage
Grimy — Grim y, a. [Compar. {Grimier}; superl. {Grimiest}.] Full of grime; begrimed; dirty; foul. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grimy — index sordid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
grimy — 1610s, from GRIME (Cf. grime) + Y (Cf. y) (2). App[arently] not in literary use during the 18th c. [OED]. Related: Griminess … Etymology dictionary
grimy — [adj] dirty begrimed, besmirched, cruddy*, dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby*, grungy*, messy, mucky*, nasty, scuzzy*, sleazy*, smeared, smutty*, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean; concepts 485,621 Ant. clean, pure, sterile … New thesaurus
grimy — ► ADJECTIVE (grimier, grimiest) ▪ covered with or characterized by grime. DERIVATIVES grimily adverb griminess noun … English terms dictionary
grimy — [grīm′ē] adj. grimier, grimiest covered with or full of grime; very dirty SYN. DIRTY grimily adv. griminess n … English World dictionary
grimy — [[t]gra͟ɪmi[/t]] grimier, grimiest ADJ GRADED Something that is grimy is very dirty. ...a grimy industrial city … English dictionary
grimy — UK [ˈɡraɪmɪ] / US adjective Word forms grimy : adjective grimy comparative grimier superlative grimiest very dirty … English dictionary
grimy — grimily, adv. griminess, n. /gruy mee/, adj., grimier, grimiest. covered with grime; dirty: I shook his grimy hand. [1605 15; GRIME + Y1] * * * … Universalium
grimy — adj. Grimy is used with these nouns: ↑hand … Collocations dictionary
