Le mot anglais pour mèche est
wick

Définition en anglais

Traductions de mèche et leurs définitions

Strand
1. n. (Toponyme) Strand.
2. n. Un aspect d'un argument ou d'une philosophie.
3. n. (Ancien) plage
4. n. Chaine, brin, toron.
Each siRNA is unwound into two single-stranded (ss) ssRNAs, namely the passenger strand and the guide strand.
5. v. Abandonner
6. v. Échouer (un bateau)

strand	©
1. n. The shore or beach of the sea or ocean; shore; beach.
Grand Strand
2. n. (poetic, archaic or regional) The shore or beach of a lake or river.
3. n. A small brook or rivulet.
4. n. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A passage for water; gutter.
5. n. A street (perhaps from similarity of shape)
6. v. (transitive, nautical) To run aground; to beach.
7. v. (transitive, figuratively) To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
8. v. (transitive, baseball) To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
Jones pops up; that's going to strand a pair.
9. n. Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
10. n. A string.
11. n. An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.
strand of spaghetti
strand of hair.
12. n. (electronics) A group of wires, usually twisted or braided.
13. n. (broadcasting) A series of programmes on a particular theme or linked subject.
14. n. (figurative) A sequence of linked events or facts; a logical thread.
strand of truth
15. n. (genetics) A nucleotide chain.
16. v. To break a strand of (a rope).
17. v. To form by uniting strands.

fuse	©
1. n. (Composants) Fusible
2. n. Mèche (d'une bombe, d'un explosif).
3. v. Fondre.
4. v. Fusionner.

fuse	©
1. n. A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
2. n. (manufacturing, mining, military) The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device.
3. n. (electrical engineering) A device to prevent the overloading of an electrical circuit.
4. n. (figurative) Indicating a tendency to lose one's temper.
When talking about being laid off, he has a short fuse.
5. n. A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
6. n. A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.
7. v. To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
8. v. (intransitive) To melt together.
9. v. To furnish with or install a fuse.
10. v. (organic chemistry) To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings

Wick
1. n. (Géographie) Paroisse civile d'Angleterre située dans le district de Wychavon.
2. n. (Géographie) Ville d'Écosse située dans l'autorité unitaire de Highland.
3. n. (Géographie) Village et communauté du Pays de Galles situé dans l'autorité unitaire de Vale of Glamorgan.
4. n. Mèche (d'une bougie).
5. n. Village, hameau.
6. v. (Transitif) Déplacer un liquide par capillarité.
7. v. (Intransitif) Se déplacer par capillarité.

wick	©
1. n. A bundle, twist, braid, or woven strip of cord, fabric, fibre/fiber, or other porous material in a candle, oil lamp, kerosene heater, or the like, that draws up liquid fuel, such as melted tallow, wax
Trim the wick fairly short, so that the flame does not smoke.
2. n. Any piece of porous material that conveys liquid by capillary action, such as a strip of gauze placed in a wound to serve as a drain.
3. n. (curling) A narrow opening in the field, flanked by other players' stones.
4. n. (curling) A shot where the played stone touches a stationary stone just enough that the played stone changes direction.
5. n. (slang) The penis.
6. v. To convey or draw off (liquid) by capillary action.
The fabric wicks perspiration away from the body.
7. v. (intransitive, of a liquid) To traverse (i.e. be conveyed by capillary action) through a wick or other porous material, as water through a sponge. Usually followed by through.
The moisture slowly wicked through the wood.
8. v. (curling) To strike (a stone) obliquely; to strike (a stationary stone) just enough that the played stone changes direction.
9. n. (archaic) A village; hamlet; castle; dwelling; street; creek; bay; harbour; a place of work, jurisdiction, or exercise of authority.
10. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly East Anglia, and Essex) A farm, especially a dairy farm.
11. adj. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Alive; lively; full of life; active; bustling; nimble; quick.
as wick as an eel
T' wickest young chap at ivver Ah seen.
He's a strange wick bairn alus runnin' aboot.
I'll skin ye wick! (skin you alive)
I thowt they was dead last back end but they're wick enif noo.
"Are you afraid of going across the churchyard in the dark?" "Lor' bless yer noä miss! It isn't dead uns I'm scar'd on, it's wick uns.".
I'll swop wi' him my poor dead horse for his wick. — Ballads and Songs of the Peasantry of England, page 210
12. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) Liveliness; life.
I niver knew such an a thing afore in all my wick. — Ashby, 12 July 1875
13. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
Fed close? Why, it's eaten into t' hard wick. (spoken of a pasture which has been fed very close)
14. n. (UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) A maggot.
15. n. (now dialectal) A corner of the mouth or eye.

lock	©
1. n. Serrure (à clé).
2. n. Écluse.
3. n. Sas (dans l'eau).
4. n. Mèche (de cheveux).
5. v. Fermer, fermer à clé.
6. v. Enfermer, Renfermer.
7. v. Verrouiller (avec un verrou).
8. v. Informatique Verrouiller.

lock	©
1. n. Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination.
2. n. (computing, by extension) A mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
3. n. A segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels.
4. n. (gun mechanisms) The firing mechanism.
5. n. Complete control over a situation.
6. n. Something sure to be a success.
7. n. (rugby) A player in the scrum behind the front row, usually the tallest members of the team.
8. n. A fastening together or interlacing; a closing of one thing upon another; a state of being fixed or immovable.
9. n. A place from which egress is prevented, as by a lock.
10. n. A device for keeping a wheel from turning.
11. n. A grapple in wrestling.
12. v. (intransitive) To become fastened in place.
If you put the brakes on too hard, the wheels will lock.
13. v. To fasten with a lock.
Remember to lock the door when you leave.
14. v. (intransitive) To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
This door locks with a key.
15. v. To intertwine or dovetail.
with his hands locked behind his back
We locked arms and stepped out into the night.
16. v. (intransitive, break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
a pop and lock routine
17. v. To furnish (a canal) with locks.
18. v. To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
19. v. To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
20. v. (Internet, transitive) To officially prevent other users from posting in (a thread).
21. n. A tuft or length of hair, wool etc.
22. n. A small quantity (of straw etc.)

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