ceppo — meaning in English
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English meaning
- block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- log noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
- shackle verb To restrain someone with chains or metal restraints.
- stem noun The main stalk of a plant that supports leaves, flowers, or fruit.
- strain verb To injure a muscle or tendon by overstretching or overusing it.
- stump noun The part of a tree, plant, or limb left behind after the rest has been cut off.
- yoke noun A wooden bar or frame joining two draught animals, such as oxen, at the neck so they can pull a plough or cart together.
Senses
ceppo is used for these senses in English:
- block A chopping block: a cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
- block A case or frame housing one or more sheaves (pulleys), used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example as part of lifting gear or a sailing ship's rigging. See also block and tackle.
- cathead A heavy piece of timber projecting somewhat horizontally from each side of the bow of a ship on which an anchor is raised or lowered, and secured when not used, from its stock end.
- shackle (obsolete, rare) A fetter-like band worn on an appendage as an ornament; an anklet, an armlet, a bracelet, a wristlet.
- stem A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
- strain (archaic) Race; lineage, pedigree.
- strain (biology) A particular variety of a microbe, virus, or other organism, usually a taxonomically infraspecific one.
- stump The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
block — full definition
- noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
- noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
- verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
- verb To stop someone from contacting you online.
log — full definition
- noun A section of a tree trunk, especially one cleared of branches, used for timber or fuel.
- noun A written record of events, especially a ship's or aircraft's progress, or of computer activity.
- verb To cut down trees, especially commercially.
- verb To record something in writing or in a system.