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кос — meaning in English

kos

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English meaning

  • blackbird noun A common European songbird (Turdus merula) with all-black plumage in the male and a yellow-orange beak.
  • diagonal adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  • merle noun The Eurasian blackbird, or loosely, any blackbird.
  • oblique adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  • skew verb To form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • thwart verb To stop someone from succeeding at a plan; to block or frustrate it.

Senses

кос is used for these senses in English:

  • blackbird A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
  • diagonal Having a slanted or oblique direction.
  • merle The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
  • oblique Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.
  • skew (not comparable) Neither parallel nor perpendicular to a certain line; askew.
  • thwart Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.

blackbird — full definition

  1. noun A common European songbird (Turdus merula) with all-black plumage in the male and a yellow-orange beak.
  2. noun Any of several unrelated New World birds with mostly black feathers.

diagonal — full definition

  1. adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
  2. noun A line joining two non-adjacent corners of a shape, such as a square.

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