languette — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bootstrap verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
- sliver noun A small, thin, often sharp piece cut or broken off from something larger.
- tab noun A small flap or strip attached to something, used for holding, opening, or labeling it.
- tongue noun The flexible muscular organ in the mouth used for tasting, moving food, and forming speech sounds.
Senses
languette is used for these senses in English:
- bootstrap A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
- sliver (fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish.
- spline (woodworking) A strip of wood or other material inserted into grooves in each of two pieces of wood to provide additional surface for gluing.
- tab A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
- tongue In a shoe, the flap of material that goes between the laces and the foot (so called because it resembles a tongue in the mouth).
bootstrap — full definition
- verb To start and grow a business or project using only your own money and revenue, without outside investment.
- verb In computing, to start up a computer or system by loading a small initial program that then loads the rest.
- noun A loop of leather or fabric at the back of a boot, used to pull it on.