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1 snail
[sneil](a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell: Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.) caracol* * *[sneil] n 1 lesma, caracol. 2 pessoa lerda. at a snail’s pace a passo de lesma, muito devagar. -
2 snail
[sneil](a kind of soft-bodied small crawling animal with a coiled shell: Snails leave a silvery trail as they move along.) caracol, lesma -
3 snail-trefoil
snail-tre.foil[sn'eil trefɔil] n = link=%20snail-clover snail-clover. -
4 snail mail
snail mailapelido dado pelos usuários do e-mail ao correio tradiciconal. -
5 snail-clover
snail-clo.ver[sn'eil klouvə] n Bot variedade de luzerna. -
6 at a snail’s pace
at a snail’s pacea passo de lesma, muito devagar. -
7 at a snail's pace
(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) a passo de caracol -
8 at a snail's pace
(very slowly: The old man walked along at a snail's pace.) em passo de lesma -
9 horn
[ho:n]1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) chifre2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) de chifre3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) de chifre4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) chifre5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) buzina6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) trompa7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) trompa•- horned- - horned
- horny* * *[hɔ:n] n 1 chifre, corno. 2 cornucópia. 3 qualquer coisa em forma de chifre. 4 tentáculo. 5 Mus trompa, corneta. 6 buzina. 7 megafone, porta-voz. • vt+vi 1 cornear, colocar cornos. 2 ferir com os cornos, chifrar. • adj feito de chifre. handle of horn cabo de chifre. horns of a dilemma duas coisas igualmente desagradáveis entre as quais é preciso optar. shoe horn calçadeira. to blow one’s own horn fazer autopromoção. to horn in Amer sl intrometer-se. to take the bull by the horns enfrentar a situação. -
10 mail
[meil] 1. noun(letters, parcels etc by post: His secretary opens his mail.) correio2. verb(to send by post.) enviar- mailbag- mailbox
- mailman* * *mail1[meil] n 1 correio, mala postal. 2 correspondência. 3 expedição. • vt expedir pelo correio, levar ao correio, enviar. air mail correio aéreo, via aérea. by return of mail pela volta do correio. mail-train trem-correio. snail mail apelido dado pelos usuários do e-mail ao correio tradiciconal.————————mail2[meil] n 1 armadura. 2 cota de malha. 3 crosta dura que cobre vários animais, como a tartaruga. • vt 1 armar com cota de malha. 2 encouraçar. -
11 slug
I noun(a kind of animal like a snail.) lesma- sluggish- sluggishly
- sluggishness II 1. noun(a piece of metal, especially an irregularly shaped lump used as a bullet.) bala2. verb(to strike (a person) heavily usually causing unconsciousness: The man had been slugged on the back of the neck with a heavy object.) esmurrar* * *slug1[sl∧g] n 1 lesma. 2 pessoa ou animal que se movimenta como lesma.————————slug2[sl∧g] n 1 bala (de arma de fogo), carga de chumbo. 2 trago de bebida alcoólica. 3 Typogr espaçador. 4 coll soco, murro. • vt coll dar soco, golpear, surrar. to slug it out aplicar força bruta. -
12 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) extrairII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) búzio* * *win.kle[w'iŋkəl] n Zool, abbr periwinkle (caramujo comestível). to winkle out arrancar (informação ou alguém de algum lugar). -
13 life-cycle
noun (the various stages through which a living thing passes: the life-cycle of the snail.) ciclo vital -
14 horn
[ho:n]1) (a hard object which grows (usually in pairs) on the head of a cow, sheep etc: A ram has horns.) chifre2) (the material of which this is made: spoons made of horn; ( also adjective) horn spoons.) chifre3) (something which is made of horn: a shoehorn.) chifre4) (something which looks like a horn in shape: a snail's horns.) chifre5) (the apparatus in a car etc which gives a warning sound: The driver blew his horn.) buzina6) (an instrument, formerly an animal's horn but now made of brass, that is blown to produce a musical sound: a hunting-horn.) corneta7) ((also French horn) the type of coiled brass horn that is played in orchestras etc.) trompa•- horned- - horned - horny -
15 life-cycle
noun (the various stages through which a living thing passes: the life-cycle of the snail.) ciclo vital -
16 slug
I noun(a kind of animal like a snail.) lesma- sluggish- sluggishly - sluggishness II 1. noun(a piece of metal, especially an irregularly shaped lump used as a bullet.) bala2. verb(to strike (a person) heavily usually causing unconsciousness: The man had been slugged on the back of the neck with a heavy object.) esmurrar -
17 winkle
I ['wiŋkl] verb(to force (something out of something) gradually and with difficulty: He winkled the shell out from the rock; He tried to winkle some information out of her.) extrairII ['wiŋkl] noun((also periwinkle ['peri-]) a type of small shellfish, shaped like a small snail, eaten as food.) búzio
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Snail — (sn[=a]l), n. [OE. snaile, AS. sn[ae]gel, snegel, sn[ae]gl; akin to G. schnecke, OHG. snecko, Dan. snegl, Icel. snigill.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snail — snail; snail·er; snail·ery; snail·ish; snail·ish·ly; … English syllables
snail — [sneıl] n [: Old English; Origin: snAgl] 1.) a small soft creature that moves very slowly and has a hard shell on its back 2.) at a snail s pace extremely slowly ▪ Traffic was moving at a snail s pace … Dictionary of contemporary English
snail — (n.) O.E. snægl, from P.Gmc. *snagilas (Cf. O.S. snegil, O.N. snigill, M.H.G. snegel, dialectal Ger. Schnegel, O.H.G. snecko, Ger. Schnecke snail ), from root *snag , *sneg to crawl (see SNAKE (Cf. snake) (n.)) … Etymology dictionary
snail — [ sneıl ] noun count a small animal that has a soft body, no legs, and a hard shell on its back. Snails move very slowly. at a snail s pace very slowly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
snail — ► NOUN ▪ a slow moving mollusc with a spiral shell into which the whole body can be withdrawn. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
snail — [snāl] n. [ME snaile < OE snægl, akin to Ger dial. schnägel, ON snigill < IE base * sneg , to creep > SNAKE, SNEAK] 1. any of a large number of slow moving gastropods living on land or in water and having a spiral protective shell: some… … English World dictionary
Snail — For other uses, see Snail (disambiguation). For sea snails, see Sea snail. For slugs, see Slug. Helix pomatia, a species of land snail … Wikipedia
snail — [[t]sne͟ɪl[/t]] snails 1) N COUNT A snail is a small animal with a long, soft body, no legs, and a spiral shaped shell. Snails move very slowly. 2) PHRASE: PHR after v (emphasis) If you say that someone does something at a snail s pace, you are… … English dictionary
Snail — 1) Heb. homit, among the unclean creeping things (Lev. 11:30). This was probably the sand lizard, of which there are many species in the wilderness of Judea and the Sinai peninsula. 2) Heb. shablul (Ps. 58:8), the snail or slug proper.… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
snail — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ edible ▪ aquatic, land, marine, pond, sea, water SNAIL + NOUN ▪ she … Collocations dictionary
