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buse — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • buzzard noun A broad-winged bird of prey in the hawk family.
  • culvert noun A pipe or covered channel that carries a stream, ditch or drainage water underneath a road, railway or embankment.
  • hawk noun A medium-sized bird of prey that hunts other animals from the air.

Senses

buse is used for these senses in English:

  • buzzard Any of several Old World birds of prey of the genus Buteo with broad wings and a broad tail.
  • culvert A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water.
  • hawk Any diurnal predatory terrestrial bird of similar size and appearance to the accipitrid hawks, such as a falcon.

buzzard — full definition

  1. noun A broad-winged bird of prey in the hawk family.
  2. noun US informal: a grumpy or unpleasant old man.

culvert — full definition

  1. noun A pipe or covered channel that carries a stream, ditch or drainage water underneath a road, railway or embankment.
  2. verb To enclose a watercourse in such a channel, usually so that something can be built over it.

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