slurf — meaning in English
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Senses
slurf is used for these senses in English:
- jet bridge (aviation) An elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane, usually enclosed and used for disembarking and embarking passengers and crew.
- proboscis (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- trunk The conspicuously extended, mobile, nose-like organ of an animal such as a sengi, a tapir or especially an elephant. The trunks of various kinds of animals might be adapted to probing and sniffing, as in the sengis, or be partly prehensile, as in the tapir, or be a versatile prehensile organ for manipulation, feeding, drinking and fighting as in the elephant.
proboscis — full definition
- noun A long tube-like part on an animal's head, near or forming its mouth.
- noun The tube-shaped part some insects, worms and molluscs use to feed and suck up liquid.
- noun An elephant's trunk.
- noun A big or long nose on a person.
trunk — full definition
- noun The main woody stem of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
- noun The long, flexible nose of an elephant.
- noun A large, strong box with a hinged lid, used for storing or carrying clothes and belongings.
- noun In American English, the enclosed storage space at the back of a car; the boot.
- verb To cut something short or reduce it drastically.
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