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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

  1. noun A weapon made from a curved piece of flexible material strung with a cord, used to shoot arrows.
  2. noun A rod strung with hair, used to play a stringed instrument.
  3. noun A knot with two loops, often used for decoration or to tie laces.
  4. verb To bend forward at the waist, or lower the head, as a sign of respect or greeting.
  5. verb To give in or stop resisting.

crank — full definition

  1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
  2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
  3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
  4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

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