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adj. groen; onrijp; ziekelijk; beginnend--------n. groen (kleur); golfterrein; grasveld; brink; baangreen1[ grie:n]1 grasveld ⇒ brink, dorpsplein1 groen♦voorbeelden:————————green2〈 greenness〉1 groen2 groen ⇒ met gras/loof begroeid♦voorbeelden:green vegetables • bladgroenten4 green apples • groene/zure appelsgreen herring • groene/ongezouten haring¶ green beans • sperziebonen, prinsessenbonengreen card • groene kaart 〈 internationaal motorrijtuigenverzekeringsdocument〉; 〈 Amerikaans-Engels〉 permanente verblijfsvergunninghave green fingers/a green thumb • groene vingers hebben, talent hebben voor plantenverzorgingbe green about the gills • er ziek uitzien, wit om de neus zijngive someone the green light • iemand het groene licht gevengreen peas • doperwtengreen plover • kievietgreen power • macht van het geldII 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord, predicatief〉♦voorbeelden: -
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Plover — Plov er, n. [OF. plovier, F. pluvier, prop., the rain bird, fr. LL. (assumed) pluviarius, fr. L. pluvia rain, from pluere to rain; akin to E. float, G. fliessen to flow. See {Float}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Plover — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Plover (Iowa) Plover (Wisconsin) eine Inselgruppe in Kanada: Plover Islands Sonstiges: HMS Plover, diverse Schiffe der Royal Navy (en:HMS Plover) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Plover — Plover, WI U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 10520 Housing Units (2000): 4133 Land area (2000): 8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.880000 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Plover, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 95 Housing Units (2000): 50 Land area (2000): 0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.543496 sq. miles (1.407649 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Plover, WI — U.S. village in Wisconsin Population (2000): 10520 Housing Units (2000): 4133 Land area (2000): 8.495966 sq. miles (22.004451 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.384034 sq. miles (0.994643 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.880000 sq. miles (22.999094 sq. km) … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Plover — Plover, Hauptort der Grafschaft Portage im Staate Wisconsin (Nordamerika), an der Mündung des Plover River in den Wisconsin; in der Umgegend Nadelholzwaldungen; Holzhandel … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
plover — c.1300, from Anglo Fr. plover, O.Fr. pluvier, earlier plovier (c.1200), from V.L. *plovarius, lit. belonging to rain, from L. pluvia rain. Perhaps so called because the birds migration arrival coincides with the start of the rainy season, or from … Etymology dictionary
plover — [pluv′ər, plō′vər] n. pl. plovers or plover [ME < OFr plovier, lit., rain bird < VL * pluviarius < L pluvia, rain (see PLUVIAL): said to be so named because it was believed to cry before a rain] 1. any of a worldwide family… … English World dictionary
plover — ► NOUN ▪ a short billed wading bird, typically found by water but sometimes frequenting grassland. ORIGIN Old French, from Latin pluvia rain … English terms dictionary
Plover — For other uses, see Plover (disambiguation). Plovers Killdeer Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
plover — /pluv euhr, ploh veuhr/, n. 1. any of various shorebirds of the family Charadriidae. Cf. dotterel (def. 1), killdeer, lapwing. 2. any of various similar shorebirds, as the upland plover and other sandpipers. [1275 1325; ME < AF; OF plovier… … Universalium