Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том II. J – Z. Виктор Евгеньевич Никитин

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СКАЧАТЬ n. Grub-axe, grubbing-hoe.

      Maturate, v. n. Suppurate.

      Maturation, n. Suppuration.

      Mature, a. 1. Perfected by time, complete, perfect, ripe.

      2. Prepared, ready, well-considered, well-digested.

      Mature, v. a. 1. Ripen.

      2. Perfect, bring to perfection, bring to maturity.

      Mature, v. n. Become ripe.

      Maturity, n. 1. Completion, ripeness.

      2. Time of being due (said of a promissory note, &c.).

      Maudlin, a. 1. Intoxicated, inebriated, fuddled, muddled, disguised, corned, tipsy, mellow, drunk, slewed, groggy, in liquor, half seas over.

      2. Silly, weak, childish.

      Maugre, prep. [Used only in burlesque.] Notwithstanding, in spite of, in defiance of.

      Maul, n. [Written also Mall.] Beetle, heavy mallet.

      Maul, v. a. [Written also Mall.] Beat, bruise.

      Maunder, v. n. 1. Mutter (as a beggar,) grumble, murmur.

      2. Talk incoherently.

      Maunderer, n. Grumbler, murmurer.

      Mausoleum, n. Sepulchral monument.

      Mauvaise honte, [Fr.] Bashfulness, false modesty.

      Maw, n. 1. Stomach (of animals).

      2. Craw, crop, first stomach (of a bird).

      Mawkish, a. Insipid, flat, vapid, tasteless, stale.

      Maxim, n. Proverb, saying, saw, adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept.

      May-apple, n. Mandrake (Podophyllum peltatum).

      Maybe, ad. Perhaps, possibly, haply, peradventure, it may be, as luck may have it.

      May-beetle, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.

      May-bug, Cockchafer, dor, dor-bug, tree-beetle, dor-beetle, dummador.

      May-flower, n. 1. [England.] Hawthorn, whitethorn.

      2. [New England.] Trailing arbutus (Epigæa repens).

      Mayhap, ad. Perchance, perhaps, it may be, probably, belike, it may happen.

      May-lily, n. Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis).

      Maze, n. 1. Labyrinth, meander, winding course.

      2. Intricacy, perplexity, bewilderment, embarrassment, uncertainty.

      Mazy, a. Labyrinthian, confused.

      Mead, n. 1. Metheglin.

      2. [Poetical.] Meadow.

      Meadow, n. Mead, lea, grass land, sward land.

      Meagre, a. [Written also Meager.] 1. Lean, thin, emaciated, spare, poor, lank, gaunt, skinny, fallen away.

      2. Tame, feeble, jejune, vapid, bald, barren, dull, prosing, prosy.

      Meal, n. 1. Repast, collation.

      2. Flour, grain in powder.

      Mealy, a. Farinaceous.

      Mealy-mouthed, a. Over-cautious in speech, averse to telling the whole truth, inclined to mince matters, not plain-spoken.

      Mean, a. 1. Middle, medium, average.

      2. Intermediate, intervening, coming between.

      3. Ignoble, plebeian, untitled, low, base-born, ordinary, common, vulgar, coarse, homespun.

      4. Base, abject, grovelling, vile, contemptible, despicable, servile, beggarly, sneaking, dirty, scurvy, shabby, sorry, disingenuous, unfair, rascally, pitiful, base-minded, low-minded, dishonorable.

      5. Sordid, penurious, miserly, stingy, niggardly, illiberal, ungenerous, selfish, narrow, mercenary, narrow-minded.

      6. Small, little, paltry, insignificant, diminutive, petty, poor, wretched.

      Mean, n. 1. Medium, mediocrity, middle state, middle course.

      2. Instrument, method, mode, way, means.

      Mean, v. a. 1. Intend, purpose, design, have in view.

      2. Signify, indicate, imply, denote, purport, import, express.

      Mean, v. n. Intend, purpose, design, have in view, propose to one's self.

      Meander, n. Labyrinth, maze, winding course.

      Meander, v. n. Wind, be tortuous, run in a serpentine course.

      Meandering, a. Winding, serpentine, tortuous.

      Meaning, n. 1. Intention, intent, purpose, design, aim, object.

      2. Signification, sense, acceptation, explanation, interpretation.

      3. Import, purport, significance.

      Meanness, n. 1. Smallness, littleness, scantiness, slenderness, lowness, poverty, meagreness, poorness.

      2. Abjectness, vileness, baseness, contemptibleness, abasement, despicableness.

      3. Illiberality, ungenerousness, sordidness, penuriousness.

      Means, n. sing. & pl. 1. Instrument, method, mode, way.

      2. Resource, appliance, expedient, shift, step, measure.

      3. Revenue, income, resources, the wherewithal, ways and means.

      Mean-spirited, a. Base, low, beggarly, vile, grovelling, pitiful, despicable, abject, low-minded, base-minded.

      Meantime, ad. In the mean time, in the interim.

      Meanwhile, ad. In the mean time, in the interim.

      Measles, n. pl. Rubeola.

      Measurable, a. 1. Mensurable.

      2. Moderate, temperate.

      Measure, n. 1. Standard (of size or of quantity).

      2. Rule, gauge.

      3. Degree, extent.

      4. Metre.

      Measure, v. a. 1. Mete.

      2. Estimate, appraise, judge of.

      3. Adjust, proportion, gauge.

      4. Distribute, allot, apportion, mete out.

      Measureless, a. Immeasurable, unlimited, immense.

      Measurement, n. Mensuration.

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