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1 widower
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2 widower wid·ow·er n
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3 widow
I ['wɪdəʊ]nome vedova f.II ['wɪdəʊ]* * *['widəu] 1. noun(a woman whose husband is dead: My brother's widow has married again.) vedova2. verb(to cause to become a widow or widower: She/He was widowed in 1943.) (diventare vedovo/vedova)- widower* * *widow /ˈwɪdəʊ/n.1 vedova● widow's pension, pensione di reversibilità □ widow's weeds, gramaglie vedovili □ (fam.) football widow, donna lasciata sola dal marito che va alla partita (di calcio).(to) widow /ˈwɪdəʊ/v. t.● She was widowed by the war, perse il marito in guerra.* * *I ['wɪdəʊ]nome vedova f.II ['wɪdəʊ] -
4 ♦ grass
♦ grass /grɑ:s/n.1 [u] (collett.) erba8 (ipp.) pista erbosa● (agric.) grass clippings, sfalci □ ( tennis) grass court, campo in erba; campo erboso: grass-court tennis, tennis sull'erba □ (agric.) grass crops, colture erbacee □ grass cutting, taglio dell'erba □ grass-green, (color) verde prato □ grass roots, (ind. min.) terreno superficiale; (fig.) zona (o popolazione) rurale; (fig.) base, fondamento, fondo ( di un problema, ecc.); (polit.) elettorato di base, la base; (agg.) rurale; (polit.) di base, della base: at grass-roots level, alla base; tra la gente; presso l'elettorato; (ind. min.) grass-roots deposit, giacimento affiorante; (polit.) grass-roots organizer, attivista di base; (polit.) grass-roots opinion, l'opinione della base; a grass-roots movement, un movimento di base □ ( sport) grass skiing, sci sull'erba □ (zool.) grass snake ( Natrix natrix), biscia dal collare □ grass widow, moglie separata (permanentemente o temporaneamente) dal marito; vedova bianca □ grass widower, marito separato (permanentemente o temporaneamente) dalla moglie □ to be at grass, ( di animali) essere al pascolo; (fig.) essere a spasso, in vacanza □ (fig.) to go to grass, andare a terra, essere atterrato; andare in malora, morire □ (fig.) to hear the grass grow, sentir crescere l'erba; avere l'udito finissimo □ (fig.) not to let the grass grow under one's feet, non perdere tempo in sciocchezze; non lasciarsi sfuggire le occasioni □ to send sb. to grass, mandare q. a terra (o al tappeto); atterrare q. □ Keep off the grass!, è vietato calpestare il prato.(to) grass /grɑ:s/A v. t.B v. i.( slang) fare la spia; essere un delatore; fare una soffiata: to grass on sb., fare una soffiata contro q.
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widower — A man whose wife died while he was married to her and and who has not remarried. Category: Personal Finance & Retirement Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 … Law dictionary
widower — [wid′ō ər] n. [ME widewer, extended < wedow, widower < OE widewa, masc. of widewe, WIDOW] a man who has outlived the woman to whom he was married at the time of her death; esp., such a man who has not remarried widowerhood n … English World dictionary
Widower — Wid ow*er, n. A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
widower — mid 14c., extended from WIDOW (Cf. widow). The O.E. masc. form was widewa … Etymology dictionary
widower — ► NOUN ▪ a man who has lost his wife by death and has not married again … English terms dictionary
widower — noun Etymology: Middle English widewer, alteration of wedow widow, widower, from Old English wuduwa widower; akin to Old English wuduwe widow Date: 14th century a man who has lost his wife by death and usually has not remarried … New Collegiate Dictionary
widower — n. a grass widower * * * a grass widower … Combinatory dictionary
widower — UK [ˈwɪdəʊə(r)] / US [ˈwɪdoʊr] noun [countable] Word forms widower : singular widower plural widowers a man whose wife has died and who has not married again … English dictionary
widower — See widow, widower … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
widower — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. surviving husband, wifeless husband, dead woman s husband, grass widower*, widowman*; see also husband , man 2 , survivor … English dictionary for students
widower — wid|ow|er [ˈwıdəuə US douər] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: widow widower (11 19 centuries), from Old English wuduwa] a man whose wife has died and who has not married again … Dictionary of contemporary English
