Hissons la grande voile, matelots ! - Raise the mainsail, seamen!
3. n-f. (sports) sailing
La voile, il n'y a rien de mieux pour se détendre ! J'en ai fait tout le week-end. - Sailing, there's nothing better for relaxing! I did it all weekend.
1. n. Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crape, or similar diaphanous material.
2. n. A cover; disguise; a mask; a pretense.
3. n. The calyptra of mosses.
4. n. A membrane connecting the margin of the pileus of a mushroom with the stalk; a velum.
5. n. A covering for a person or thing; as, a caul (especially over the head)
a nun's veil
a paten veil
an altar veil
Muslim woman often cover their face with a veil.
6. n. (zoology) velum (A circular membrane round the cap of medusa)
7. n. (mycology) A thin layer of tissue which is attached to or covers a mushroom.
8. n. An obscuration of the clearness of the tones in pronunciation.
9. v. To dress in, or decorate with, a veil.
10. v. To conceal as with a veil.
The forest fire was veiled by smoke, but I could hear it clearly.
1. n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
2. n. (nautical,un) The concept of a sail or sails, as if a substance.
Take in sail: a storm is coming.
3. n. The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
4. n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
Let's go for a sail.
5. n. (dated, plural "sail") A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
Twenty sail were in sight.
6. n. The blade of a windmill.
7. n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
8. n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
9. n. (fishing) A sailfish.
We caught three sails today.
10. n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaur, dinosaurs and synapsid, synapsids
11. n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
12. v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled on a body of water by steam or other power.
13. v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
14. v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
15. v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
We sail for Australia tomorrow.
16. v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
1. n. Very fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility.
2. n. A reduction of transparency of a clear gas or liquid.
3. n. An analogous dullness on a surface that is ideally highly reflective or transparent.
The soap left a persistent haze on the drinking glasses.
The furniture has a haze, possibly from some kind of wax.
4. n. (figuratively) Any state suggestive of haze in the atmosphere, such as mental confusion or vagueness of memory.
5. n. (engineering, packaging) The degree of cloudiness or turbidity in a clear glass or plastic, measured in percent.
6. n. (brewing) Any substance causing turbidity in beer or wine.
7. v. To be hazy, or thick with haze.
8. v. (US, informal) To perform an unpleasant initiation ritual upon a usually non-consenting individual, especially freshmen to a closed community such as a college or military unit.
9. v. To oppress or harass by forcing to do hard and unnecessary work.
10. v. In a rodeo, to assist the bulldogger by keeping (the steer) running in a straight line.
bloom
1. n. Fleur d'un autre végétal (arbre, arbrisseau, buisson).
2. n. Floraison.
3. n. (Par extension) Velouté (d'un fruit, d'une feuille), pruine.
4. n. (Par extension) Éclat du visage, rougeur des joues.
5. v. Fleurir (buisson, arbre).
6. v. Éclore, épanouir (fleur).
bloom
1. n. A blossom; the flower of a plant; an expanded bud.
2. n. Flowers, collectively.
3. n. The opening of flowers in general; the state of blossoming or of having the flowers open.
The cherry trees are in bloom.
4. n. (figuratively) A state or time of beauty, freshness, and vigor/vigour; an opening to higher perfection, analogous to that of buds into blossoms.
the bloom of youth
5. n. The delicate, powdery coating upon certain growing or newly-gathered fruits or leaves, as on grapes, plums, etc.
6. n. Anything giving an appearance of attractive freshness.
7. n. The clouded appearance which varnish sometimes takes upon the surface of a picture.
8. n. A yellowish deposit or powdery coating which appears on well-tanned leather.
9. n. (mineralogy) A bright-hued variety of some minerals.
the rose-red cobalt bloom
10. n. (culinary) A white area of cocoa butter that forms on the surface of chocolate when warmed and cooled.
11. n. (television) An undesirable halo effect that may occur when a very bright region is displayed next to a very dark region of the screen.
12. v. To cause to blossom; to make flourish.
13. v. To bestow a bloom upon; to make blooming or radiant.
14. v. (intransitive) Of a plant, to produce blooms; to open its blooms.
15. v. (intransitive, figuratively) Of a person, business, etc, to flourish; to be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigour; to show beauty and freshness.
16. n. The spongy mass of metal formed in a furnace by the smelting process.
blindfold
1. v. Les yeux bandés.
2. n. Bandeau (sur les yeux).
3. v. Bander les yeux.
blindfold
1. n. A covering, usually a bandage, for the eyes, blocking light to the eyes.
I put a blindfold over my boyfriend's eyes and told him I had a surprise for him.
2. n. Something that obscures vision (literally or metaphorically).
3. adj. Having the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
4. adj. Thoughtless; reckless.
5. adv. With the eyes covered so as to obscure vision
6. v. To cover the eyes, in order to make someone unable to see.
Children need to be blindfolded before they hit the piñata.
7. v. To obscure understanding or comprehension.
paraglider
1. n. (Sport) Parapente (aéronef).
paraglider
1. n. One who paraglides.
2. n. A lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure, wherein the pilot sits in a harness suspended below a hollow fabric wing whose shape is formed by its suspens
3. n. The complete equipment used for paragliding, consisting of a paraglider wing and a harness.
4. n. The wing used for paragliding, which can be separated from the harness.
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