bief — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
bief is used for these senses in English:
- mill race A fast-running water-filled channel diverted from a river or stream used to drive the millwheel in a watermill.
- pound A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
- reach (nautical) A stretch of a watercourse which can be sailed in one reach (in the previous sense). An extended portion of water; a stretch; a straightish portion of a stream, river, or arm of the sea extending up into the land, as from one turn to another. By extension, the adjacent land.
pound — full definition
- noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).
- noun A place where stray animals, or illegally parked vehicles, are held until claimed.
- verb To hit something repeatedly and hard.
- verb To beat strongly or throb, as a heart or head.
reach — full definition
- verb To stretch out an arm or hand toward something in order to touch or grasp it.
- verb To arrive at a place, level, or point after travelling or making an effort.
- verb To make contact with someone, especially to communicate with them.
- noun The distance or extent that something, or someone's arm, can extend.