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madeixa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • highlight noun The most memorable or exciting part of an event, experience, or period.
  • pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  • skein noun A quantity of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a reel then removed and loosely knotted into an oblong shape; a skein of cotton is formed by eighty turns of thread around a reel with a fifty-four inch diameter.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.

Senses

madeixa is used for these senses in English:

  • pile Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
  • skein A quantity of yarn, thread, etc. put up together in an oblong shape, after it is taken from the reel. A skein of cotton yarn is formed by eighty turns of the thread around a fifty-four inch reel.
  • strand An individual length of any fine, string-like substance.

highlight — full definition

  1. noun The most memorable or exciting part of an event, experience, or period.
  2. noun A bright area in a picture, photo, or painting where light falls most strongly.
  3. noun A strand of hair dyed a lighter colour than the rest.
  4. verb To draw special attention to something.

pile — full definition

  1. noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  2. noun Informally, a large amount, especially of money.
  3. noun A long beam or post driven deep into the ground to support a structure such as a building or pier.
  4. verb To heap things up, or to move as a group in a disorganised way.

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