up+the+wall

"1. distance (between two things). 2. time between two events, interval. 3. relations (between people). 4. break (in a game); interlude; intermission. 5. space, spacing. 6. time, point in time. 7. intermediary, intermediate. -da during the intervening time: Pazartesi ve cumartesi günleri gelir; arada hiç gözükmez. He comes on Mondays and Saturdays; on days other than these he´s not to be seen. -dan in the meantime, meanwhile, during the intervening time: Aradan on gün geçmişti. In the meantime ten days had gone by. -sına 1. between. 2. among. -sında 1. between. 2. among. -sından 1. from between. 2. from among. 3. through. -ları açık. They are not on friendly terms./Their friendship is broken. -ları açılmak to be on strained terms. -larını açmak /ın/ to spoil (their) friendship, create a rift (between). -larına almak /ı/ to let (someone) join one´s group. -da bir from time to time, now and then. -larını bozmak /ın/, - bozmak to destroy the friendship (between or among). -ları bozulmak to be on strained terms. - bölge buffer zone. -larını bulmak /ın/, - bulmak to reconcile, settle a dispute (between). -da çıkarmak /ı/ to get (something) done when one has a spare minute, get (something) done in a spare minute, squeeze (something) into one´s schedule (said of a task done while one is in the midst of other work). -dan çıkarmak /ı/ to get (something) done, get (something) over with (so that one can get on with other work). -dan çıkmak 1. (for a pestiferous person) to absent himself/herself, leave. 2. (for a task) to be done, be over with, be finished (so that one can get on with other work). -larında dağlar kadar fark var. colloq. They are as different as black and white./They are as different as chalk and cheese. - devlet buffer state. - duvar partition, dividing wall. -larını düzeltmek /ın/ to reconcile. -sı geçmeden without delay, while the situation is still fresh. -larına girmek /ın/ to work to reconcile (two people or two parties). -ya girmek 1. to work to reconcile two people. 2. (for something unexpected) to interfere suddenly with the work in hand. -ya gitmek 1. to go to waste. 2. to be lost in the confusion. -sı hoş olmamak /la/ 1. to be on bad terms with. 2. to dislike (something). -da kalmak to suffer for mixing in a dispute between others; to be caught in the middle in an argument. -larında kan olmak to have a blood feud (between). - kapı communicating door. -larından kara kedi geçmek/-larına kara kedi girmek to be cross with each other. - kararı provisional decision (of a court). -larına karışmak /ın/ to mix (with). -larında karlı dağlar olmak to be far apart, be very different. -da kaynamak to pass unnoticed, get lost in the shuffle. -ya koymak /ı/ to ask (a third person) to mediate. - limanı port of call. - mal semifinished goods. - seçim by-election. - sıra/-da sırada now and then, from time to time, occasionally. -ya soğukluk girmek to have a coolness arise in a friendship. -sı soğumak /ın/ to lose its importance with the passage of time. -sını soğutmak /ın/ to delay (a thing so that it is forgotten). -yı soğutmak (for a friendship) to cool off. -larından su sızmamak to be very close friends. - vermeden/vermeksizin continuously. - vermek /a/ to take a break (from), stop doing (something) for a while. -ya vermek /ı/ to waste. -ları yağ bal olmak to be intimate friends. -yı yapmak 1. to become friends again, make up. 2. to reconcile friends who have quarreled."

"1. waist. 2. loins; the small of the back. 3. the middle of the back (of an animal). 4. sperm. 5. col, saddle (between two mountain peaks). 6. the middle (of a ship). -i açılmak to lose control over the evacuation of urine. - ağrısı lumbago. - bağlamak /a/ to rely on, trust. -ini bükmek /ın/ to knock (someone) on his/her knees, cause (someone) (emotional, financial) misery. -i bükük unlucky, helpless. -i çökmek to become stooped. -ini doğrultmak to recover. -i gelmek to have a discharge of sperm. -inden gelmek /ın/ to be the child of. - gevşekliği med. incontinence. - gibi akmak to flow strongly. -ini kırmak /ın/ to ruin, cripple. - omuru anat. lumbar vertebra. - vermek (for a wall, ceiling) to bulge, sag."

"1. /ı/ to open. 2. /ı/ to open up, cut through (and make a door or window in a wall). 3. /ı/ to construct and open (a road). 4. /ı/ to clear away, break through (an obstruction) and open. 5. /ı/ to draw aside, lift, drop (a veil, a covering). 6. /ı/ to clear (land), break up (ground). 7. /ı/ to uncover. 8. /ı/ to open out, spread out, unfold. 9. /ı/ to set, spread (a sail); to unfurl (a flag). 10. /ı/ to roll out (dough). 11. /ı/ to untie, undo (a knot). 12. /ı/ to unlock; to unbar, unlatch. 13. /ı/ to turn on, switch on. 14. /ı/ to widen (an interval, the space between). 15. /ı/ to explain more fully. 16. /ı/ to begin, open (war, a meeting, a conversation). 17. /ı/ to disclose. 18. /ı/ to lighten (a color or the general effect of a room). 19. /ı/ to suit, go well with (a person); to lighten (a person´s complexion). 20. /ı/ to sharpen (a pencil). 21. /ı/ to whet, sharpen (one´s appetite). 22. /ı/ to relieve, free (one) from embarrassment or shyness. 23. (for a flower or leaf) to open. 24. (for weather) to clear up, become good. 25. slang to go away, clear out. 26. /ı/ slang to appeal (to). Açtı ağzını, yumdu gözünü. colloq. He lost his temper and hollered./He flew off the handle."

"1. to sit. 2. /a/ to sit down (on), sit (upon). 3. /da/ to live or dwell in (a place); /la/ to live with (someone). 4. /a/ (for something) to fit on (something); /üstüne/ (for a garment) to fit (someone). 5. /a/ (for someone) to take up (a post, an appointment): Bakan makamına oturdu. The minister has taken up his post. 6. (for a building, wall, pavement, earth) to settle, subside; (for particles suspended in a liquid) to settle. 7. /a/ colloq. to cost: Bana pahalıya oturdu. It cost me a lot. 8. (for something) to catch on, take root, become popular, be accepted. 9. (for a ship) to run aground. oturduğu dalı kesmek to cut off the very branch one is sitting on, cut the ground from under one´s own feet. oturmaya gitmek /a/ to go to see (someone), go to visit (someone). oturup kalkmak /la/ to act on, follow (someone´s advice)."

"1. /ı/ to pull. 2. /ı/ to draw; to haul, drag, tug. 3. /ı/ (for an animal) to pull, draw (a vehicle). 4. /ı/ to pull on (one´s boots, trousers). 5. /ı/ to tow. 6. /ı/ to draw (a weapon). 7. /ı/ to pull, extract (a tooth). 8. /ı/ to attract, draw. 9. /ı/ to absorb. 10. /ı/ (for someone) to inhale, breathe in, inspire (air, smoke); (for a machine, an opening) to suck in, pull in, draw in (air, smoke, a liquid). 11. /ı/ to support, bear, take, carry (a weight, a load): Bu sütun o ağırlığı çekmez. This pillar won´t carry that weight. 12. /ı/ to bear (an expense). 13. /ı/ to bear, endure, put up with, suffer (an illness, pain, sorrow, trouble, a troublesome person). 14. /ı, dan, a/ to take (a harvest) from (the fields) to (a granary, a storehouse). 15. /ı, dan/ to withdraw (a product) from (a market). 16. /ı, dan/ to withdraw (money) from (a bank). 17. /ı, dan/ to get (someone) to give up (a bad habit). 18. /ı, dan/ to clear (goods) through (customs). 19. /ı, dan/ to draw (water) from (a well). 20. /ı/ to distill. 21. (for a chimney) to draw. 22. /ı/ to draw (a line). 23. /ı, a/ to apply (kohl) to. 24. /ı/ to build (a fence, a wall, a barrier); to string up (a curtain). 25. /ı/ to hoist (a flag). 26. /ı/ to lay (a cable); to stretch, string up (a wire, a rope). 27. to weigh, have a weight of; /ı/ to weigh, measure the weight of. 28. /ı/ to draw (lots, chances) (in a lottery). 29. /a, ı/ to send (someone) (an official notice, a telegram, a fax). 30. /ı, a/ to interrupt (someone´s words) in (a specified way). 31. /ı/ to take (a photograph); cin. to shoot (a movie). 32. /ı, da/ to sew (something) on (a sewing machine). 33. /ı/ to grind (coffee, etc.). 34. /ı, a/ to put (one animal) together with (another) so that they will mate. 35. /a/ (for one person) to resemble, take after (another). 36. (for cloth) to shrink. 37. /a, ı/ to give (something) (a coat of paint). 38. /a, ı/ to give (someone) (a beating). 39. /ı/ gram. to conjugate (a verb); to decline (a noun). 40. (for a month) to be (a specified number of days) long; /dan/ (for one place) to be (a specified amount of time) away from (another). 41. /ı/ to deliver, make (a speech). 42. /ı/ to give (a banquet). 43. /ı/ to repair a run in (a woman´s silk or nylon stocking). 44. slang to drink, down (an alcoholic beverage). 45. /a/ slang (for one player or team) to score (points, goals) against (another player or team). 46. /ı/ slang to fill (a specified number of glasses) with (tea, beer, etc.) (used by waiters and barmen): İki çay çek! Give me two teas! 47. /a/ slang to hit, sock (someone): Yüzüne öyle bir çekerim ki! I´ll give you a wallop you won´t forget! Çek!/ Çek arabanı! colloq. Clear out!/Get out! çekip çekiştirmek /ı/ to backbite (someone). çekip çevirmek /ı/ 1. to run, manage (a place). 2. to get things running smoothly in (a place). 3. to manage (people). 4. to straighten (someone) out; to set (someone´s house) in order. çekip gitmek to leave, clear out; to slip away. Çekiver kuyruğunu! slang Forget about him/her/them (as he/she/they will be of no use to you)! çekeceği olmak /dan/ (for someone, something) to be a real pain for, make life unpleasant for (used only to refer to the future): Ondan çekeceğimiz var! He´s going to be a real pain!"

n. rampart, wall, bulwark, the last trump, the trump of doom

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The "root" of a tree

The "base"of a wall

The "root" of a tree

The "base"of a wall

"1. (a) twin; twin brother; twin sister. 2. (someone) born with someone else at the same birth, twin. Taşkın ikiz kardeşimdir. Taşkın´s my twin brother. Biz ikiziz. We´re twins. - doğurmak 1. to give birth to twins. 2. colloq. to have a very hard time, have a devil of a time, have the devil´s own time. - ev duplex, double house (two-family house divided vertically by a party wall)."

"1. to go down, come down, descend. 2. /dan/ to get off (an airplane, bus, ship, train); to get out of (a car); to dismount (from a horse). 3. /a/ (for an airplane) to land (at). 4. /a/ to stay (at a hotel). 5. /a/ to move down to. 6. to recede, diminish, decrease, die down. 7. (for a structure, wall) to collapse. 8. /a/ to be paralyzed in (a part of the body). 9. /a/ slang to hit, strike (someone). 10. to reduce the price. 11. (for prices) to fall."

"1. plaster ornament or ornamentation (usually fixed on a ceiling or the upper part of the interior wall of a room). 2. carton pierre; fibrous plaster. "

"1. dry; dried. 2. dead (plant). 3. emaciated, thin. 4. bare, unadorned, unfurnished. 5. empty, hollow, vain, meaningless. 6. dry, unfeeling, curt (utterance). 7. slang hashish, hash. - başına all alone. - başına kalmak to be left without friends or relatives, be all on one´s own. - çeşme dry fountain. - duvar dry wall. - ekmek dry bread, bread eaten with nothing else. - erik prune. - fasulye 1. dried beans. 2. a dish made of stewed dried beans. - filtre dry filter (for an air conditioner). - gürültü 1. meaningless excitement, much ado about nothing. 2. bluster, empty talk. - hava dry air. - havuz naut. dry dock, floating dock, floating dry dock. - iftira sheer calumny. - incir dried fig. - kafes mere skeleton, skin and bones. - kalabalık 1. crowd of idle onlookers. 2. useless and worn-out things, junk. -da kalmak naut. (for a ship or boat) to be grounded at low tide. - kaymak clotted cream, Devonshire cream. - köfte grilled meat patty. - kuruya uselessly, in vain. - kuyu dry well, cesspool, sink. - laf empty promise(s). - laf karın doyurmaz. proverb Empty promises don´t fill one´s belly. - meyve bot. nut. - ot 1. hay. 2. dried herb. - öksürük dry cough. - poğaça a flaky, savory pastry. - sıkı 1. blank (shot). 2. bluff, empty threat. - sıkı atmak to utter empty threats. - soğuk dry cold. - tahtada kalmak to be left without a stick of furniture in one´s house. - tekne hull, hulk. - temizleme dry cleaning. - temizleyici dry cleaner. - üzüm raisins. - vaat empty promise. -nun yanında/arasında yaş da yanar. proverb Sometimes the innocent suffer along with the guilty. - yemiş 1. dried fruit. 2. (edible) nuts. - yemişçi seller of dried fruit and nuts."

window. - eteği section of wall extending from the sill of a window to the floor.

1. footrace. 2. recoil (of a cannon). 3. slope (of a millrace). - yolu 1. protected walkway (forming part of the outer wall of a fortress). 2. walkway (formed by the loggia of a caravansary).

"1. board, plank; batten. 2. board, flat surface: ütü tahtası ironing board. satranç tahtası chessboard. ekmek tahtası breadboard (used when slicing bread). 3. blackboard. 4. sheet (of metal). 5. long, narrow bed (for plants). 6. (something) made of boards, planks, or battens. 7. wooden (implement): tahta kaşık wooden spoon. -dan wooden. - bezi (a) cloth (used for cleaning the floor), floorcloth. - biçmek to saw wood into boards, planks, or battens. -sı eksik colloq. (someone) who has a screw loose, who´s not all there, cracked, nutty, Brit. barmy. -ya kaldırmak /ı/ (for a teacher) to call (a student) to the blackboard. - perde board fence or partition; temporary fence or barrier wall of boards (built around or in front of a construction site), Brit. hoarding."

"1. (a) stone; (a) rock. 2. stone, gem (in a piece of jewelry). 3. playing piece, counter (used in a board game such as chess or checkers). 4. dig, barbed allusion. 5. med. stone, calculus (e.g. kidney stone, gallstone). 6. slang money, dough, rocks. 7. stone, rock, made of stone or rock. 8. fixed but vacant (stare). - arabası slang dull and stupid person, blockhead, dodo. - atmak /a/ to get in a sly dig at, make a barbed allusion about (someone). - atıp da kolun mu yoruldu?/- atıp kolun yorulmadı ya! colloq. You get something all but handed to you on a platter, and yet you´re still not satisfied! - bebek doll. - bebek gibi (woman) who is beautiful but lacking in warmth. - çatlasa by no means, by no manner of means: Fatma, taş çatlasa altmıştan fazla değildir. Fatma can´t possibly be more than sixty years old. -a çekmek /ı/ to sharpen (something) on a whetstone or hone. - çıkartmak/çıkarmak /a/ to be able to run rings around, be far superior to (someone). - devri hist. the Stone Age. - dolgu 1. large stone used for a riprap or enrockment. 2. making a riprap or enrockment. 3. riprap, enrockment. 4. rubble used as fill for a wall. - döşek blocage (a kind of masonry). - düşürmek to pass a kidney stone (gallstone, etc.). - evi setting, mounting, mount (for a gem). - evi tırnağı prong, claw (of a setting for a gem). -ı gediğine koymak to say something at just the right time. - gibi 1. hard as a rock, very hard. 2. stonyhearted, hardhearted. 3. rigid, inflexible (person). - hamuru stucco. - kesilmek 1. to be dumbfounded. 2. (for liquid concrete, etc.) to harden. - kesimi stonecutting. - ocağı stone quarry. -a/-ı ölçeyim. colloq. May I be spared it! (said of a bodily illness, wound, or ache). - sektirme ducks and drakes (a game). -ı sıksa suyunu çıkarır. colloq. He´s very strong./He´s got a lot of brawn. - tahta slate (a writing tablet). - tutmak slang to have money, be in funds. -a tutmak /ı/ to stone. -tan yağ çıkar, ondan çıkmaz. colloq. It´s easier to squeeze blood out of a turnip than to get money out of him. - yağar, kıyamet koparken while all hell is/was breaking loose. - yerinde ağırdır. proverb A person´s true worth is appreciated by those who know him well. - yontmak to dress stone."

Box

Tower on the city wall fortified for battle

Box

Tower on the city wall fortified for battle

"1. leaning, state of leaning. 2. resistance; endurance. - ayağı arch. buttress, counterfort. - duvarı retaining wall. - kemeri arch. 1. flying buttress. 2. the arch of a flying buttress. - noktası phys. fulcrum."

mihrab (niche in a mosque wall indicating the direction of Mecca).