lier — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lyre noun A small stringed instrument from ancient Greece, with two arms rising from a body to a crossbar, plucked like a harp.
- shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- winch noun A mechanical device with a drum and crank (or motor) used to haul or hoist a rope or cable.
Senses
lier is used for these senses in English:
- lyre (string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
- shell (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
- winch A wince (machine used in dyeing or steeping cloth).
shell — full definition
- noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
- noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
- noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
- noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
- verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.