изги́б — meaning in English
izgib
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English meaning
- bow noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
- crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
- crook noun A dishonest person, especially a criminal or swindler.
- curve noun A smoothly bending line, with no sharp corners.
- kink noun A tight twist or bend in something that is normally straight, such as hair, rope, or wire.
Senses
изги́б is used for these senses in English:
- bight A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow
- bow A curved bend in a rod or planar surface, or in a linear formation such as a river (see oxbow).
- crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
- crook (obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.
- curve A gentle bend, such as in a road.
- curve A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
bow — full definition
- noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
- noun A rod strung with hair, used to play a stringed instrument.
- noun A knot with two loops, often used for decoration or to tie laces.
- verb To bend forward at the waist, or lower the head, as a sign of respect or greeting.
- verb To give in or stop resisting.
crank — full definition
- noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
- noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
- adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
- verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.