jono — meaning in English

English meaning

• crocodile noun A large predatory reptile with a long snout and powerful jaws that lives in rivers and lakes in warm climates.
• defile verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
• file noun A collection of related documents or data stored together, whether on paper or on a computer.
• line noun A long, thin mark or stroke, straight or curved, on a surface.
• queue noun A line of people or vehicles waiting their turn, served in the order they arrived.
• rake noun A garden tool with a row of teeth on a long handle, used to gather leaves or debris or to smooth soil.
• sequence noun A set of things arranged in a particular order, one after another.
• stream noun A small natural flow of water, smaller than a river.
• train noun A line of connected railway carriages pulled by an engine, used to carry passengers or freight.

Senses

jono is used for these senses in English:

• crocodile A long line or procession of people (especially children) walking together.
• defile A single file of soldiers; (by extension) any single file.
• file A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
• line A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation. [from mid-16th c.]
• rake (Britain, originally, Northern England, Scotland) A series, a succession; specifically (rail transport) a set of coupled rail vehicles, normally coaches or wagons.
• sequence (mathematics) An ordered list of objects, typically indexed with natural numbers.
• stream (computing) A source or repository of data that can be read or written only sequentially.
• train A group of animals, vehicles, or people that follow one another in a line, such as a wagon train; a caravan or procession. [from 15th c.]

crocodile — full definition

1. noun A large predatory reptile with a long snout and powerful jaws that lives in rivers and lakes in warm climates.
2. noun British: a long line of people, especially schoolchildren, walking in pairs.

defile — full definition

1. verb To make something dirty, corrupt, or impure, often something considered sacred or pure.
2. noun A narrow gorge or pass, originally one narrow enough for soldiers to march through only in single file.

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