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tortuous

  • 1 malkar

    iz.
    1. rough terrain
    b. ( malda pikea) steep slope
    2. Nekaz. straw io.
    1. ( zimeldua) wilted, withered; goizean lorea malats, ilunabarrean \malkar the flower is vibrant in the morning, wilted at dusk
    2. (irud.) steep, tortuous; euskal hiztegigileen bide luze eta \malkarra the long and tortuous path that Basque dictionary makers have to tread

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > malkar

  • 2 oker

    iz.
    1. ( errua, hutsa) mistake, wrong, error, lapse; \okerrak zuzendu to right wrongs; \okerreko kalea da it's the wrong street; \okerrean egon to be in the wrong | to be wrong
    2. ( hobena, kulpa, errua) blame, fault; i-i \okerra egotzi to {put || pin} the blame on sb
    3. ( gaiztakeria) wrong, wrongful act; \okerrak egin ditu he's committed some wrongful things
    4. ( ezbeharra) misfortune; \okerrik baletorkio formala. if misfortune befell him formala.
    5.
    a. ( kaltea) damage
    b. ( galera) loss; bestela egitera, seina euroko \okerra izango dut if I do so otherwise, I'll wind up losing six euros for each one
    6. ( iraina) affront, slight; ez diogu inori \oker egin nahi we do not wish to slight anyone
    7. ( bihurdura) warp, bending; habe horrek \oker handia du that beam is sagging a lot io.
    1. wrong; \oker edo zuzen | \oker edo artez right or wrong
    a. ( adarra, makila) crooked, bent
    b. ( bidea) winding, tortuous
    3. ( txarra, gaiztoa)
    a. ( grina) perverted, debauched
    b. ( ideia) warped, perverted, twisted
    4. \okerrago worse; \okerren worst; \okerrenean ere at worst adb.
    1. crookedly; txapela \oker zeraman he wore his hat crooked
    2. wrongly; \oker aditu to mishear, hear wrongly; \oker erabili to misuse

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > oker

  • 3 zehar

    I.
    iz.
    1. side; \zeharreko mina side ache
    2. ( soroari d.) strip, patch; \zehar ederra ebaki du he's dug up a nice strip
    II.
    iz.
    1.
    a. slant; \zeharretik awry | slanting
    b. (Josk.) bias; \zeharretik on the bias
    2. (irud.) \zeharretik {irten || joan} to go off tangent; \zeharrera jo to go off course | to stray course | to go off tangent io.
    1. winding, tortuous
    2. ( haria) horizontal; ehunak hari zutak eta \zeharrak behar ditu the cloth needs threads going up and down and others across adb.
    1. aslant, sideways; \zehar ageri izan to show through \zehar ikusi to squint | to look sideways
    2. (irud.) artez nahiz \zehar by hook or crook post. [ -(e)an ]
    a. through; basoan \zehar through the {wood || forest}; hor \zehar through that way; Zarautzen \zehar joan nintzen Getariara I went through Zarautz on my way to Getaria
    b. ( gainalde) across; -(e)an \zehar ibili to go across sth; Afrikan \zehar zebilen Livingstone-n bila he went across Africa in search of Livingstone
    c. ( alde guztietan) throughout; mundu-an \zehar marka hori oso ezaguna da that brand is well-known throughout the world

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > zehar

См. также в других словарях:

  • Tortuous — Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tortuous — tortuous, torturous Both words are derived from Latin torquēre meaning ‘to twist’, but their literal meanings are different. The (less common) word torturous is a derivative of the English word torture, whereas tortuous has no such intermediary… …   Modern English usage

  • tortuous — (adj.) late 14c., from Anglo Fr. tortuous (12c.), from L. tortuosus full of twists, winding, from tortus a twisting, winding, from stem of torquere to twist, wring, distort (see THWART (Cf. thwart)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • tortuous — [adj1] very twisted anfractuous, bent, circuitous, convoluted, crooked, curved, flexuous, indirect, involute, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, roundabout, serpentine, sinuous, snaky, twisting, vermiculate, winding, zigzag; concept 581… …   New thesaurus

  • tortuous — I (bending) adjective anfractuous, circuitous, complicated, conniving, contorted, convoluted, curved, curvilinear, indirect, involved, irregular, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, roundabout, serpentine, sinuate, sinuated, sinuous, snakelike,… …   Law dictionary

  • tortuous — *winding, sinuous, serpentine, flexuous Analogous words: *crooked, devious: roundabout, circuitous, *indirect …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tortuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist …   English terms dictionary

  • tortuous — [tôr′cho͞o əs] adj. [ME < Anglo Fr < L tortuosus < tortus: see TORT] 1. full of twists, turns, curves, or windings; winding; crooked 2. not straightforward; devious; specif., deceitful or tricky tortuously adv. tortuousness n …   English World dictionary

  • tortuous — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)tʃuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. The only road access is a tortuous mountain route. Syn: winding 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous process or piece of writing is very long and… …   English dictionary

  • tortuous — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus twist, from torquēre to twist Date: 15th century 1. marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns ; winding < a tortuous path > 2. a. marked by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tortuous — tor|tu|ous [ˈto:tʃuəs US ˈto:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; TORTURE1] 1.) a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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