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жи́ла — meaning in English

zhila

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English meaning

  • gut noun The stomach and intestines; someone's digestive system.
  • lead noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  • lode noun A vein of metal-bearing ore running through rock.
  • strand noun One of the individual threads or wires twisted together to make a rope, cable, or cord.
  • tendon noun A tough band of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone.
  • vein noun A blood vessel that carries blood from the body back toward the heart.

Senses

жи́ла is used for these senses in English:

  • gut (uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.
  • lead (countable, mining) A lode.
  • lead (intransitive) To guide or conduct, as by accompanying, going before, showing, influencing, directing with authority, etc.; to have precedence or preeminence; to be first or chief; — used in most of the senses of the transitive verb.
  • lode (mining) A vein of metallic ore that lies within definite boundaries, or within a fissure.
  • strand Each of the strings which, twisted together, make up a yarn, rope or cord.
  • tendon (anatomy) A tough band of flexible but inelastic fibrous collagen tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment and transmits the force which the muscle exerts.
  • vein (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.

gut — full definition

  1. noun The stomach and intestines; someone's digestive system.
  2. noun A person's belly, especially a large or protruding one.
  3. noun A person's instinctive, emotional reaction, as opposed to logical thought.
  4. verb To remove the internal organs of an animal, especially a fish, before cooking it.
  5. verb To destroy the inside or most important parts of something.

lead — full definition

  1. noun A soft, heavy, bluish-grey metal, chemical symbol Pb.
  2. verb To guide or direct a person, group, or activity.
  3. noun The state of being ahead in a race, contest, or competition.
  4. noun The main role in a film, play, or performance, or the person who plays it.
  5. noun A piece of information that may help solve a case or investigation.

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