Languish

  • 41Étienne le Sabaïte — Demande de traduction Nom original ici → …

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  • 42droop — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bend, loll, slouch, sag; sink, languish, decline, waste; wilt. See dejection, disease, weakness, pendency. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. sag, sink, hang down, languish; see hang 2 , lean 1 , weaken 1 . III …

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  • 43fade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pale, dim, bleach, whiten; vanish, disappear; languish, wither, shrivel. See dimness, colorlessness, nonexistence, deterioration, disappearance, weakness, transientness, oblivion. II (Roget s IV) v …

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  • 44slack — [OE] In common with Dutch and Swedish slak, slack comes from a prehistoric Germanic *slakaz. This was derived from the same ultimate source that produced Latin laxus ‘loose’ (source of English lax, relax, release, and relish) and languēre… …

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  • 45suē̯ (̆ i)- —     suē̯ (̆ i)     English meaning: to bend, turn, swing     Deutsche Übersetzung: “biegen, drehen, schwingen”     Note: (see also seu and su̯eng “bend”)     Material: Gk. σῑμός “aufwärts bent, curved, stumpfnasig, spöttisch” (in addition σικχός… …

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  • 46slack — [OE] In common with Dutch and Swedish slak, slack comes from a prehistoric Germanic *slakaz. This was derived from the same ultimate source that produced Latin laxus ‘loose’ (source of English lax, relax, release, and relish) and languēre… …

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  • 47lan´guish|er — lan|guish «LANG gwihsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to grow weak; become weary; droop: »The flowers languished from lack of water. SYNONYM(S): wither, fade. 2. to become weak or wasted through pain, hunger, or other suffering; suffer under any… …

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  • 48lan|guish — «LANG gwihsh», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to grow weak; become weary; droop: »The flowers languished from lack of water. SYNONYM(S): wither, fade. 2. to become weak or wasted through pain, hunger, or other suffering; suffer under any unfavorable… …

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  • 49Droop — (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of… …

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  • 50Drooped — Droop Droop (dr[=oo]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Drooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Drooping}.] [Icel. dr[=u]pa; akin to E. drop. See {Drop}.] 1. To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion …

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