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маслина — meaning in English

maslina

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English meaning

  • bullet noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  • cap noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
  • olive noun A small oval fruit, usually eaten pickled or pressed for its oil, that grows on a Mediterranean tree.
  • pill noun A small solid tablet of medicine meant to be swallowed.
  • slug noun A soft-bodied, shell-less land mollusk related to the snail.

Senses

маслина is used for these senses in English:

  • bullet (informal) An entire round of unfired ammunition for a firearm, including the projectile, the cartridge casing, the propellant charge, etc.
  • cap (slang) A bullet used to shoot someone.
  • olive The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
  • olive tree An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit.
  • pill (firearms, slang) A bullet (projectile).

bullet — full definition

  1. noun A small metal projectile fired from a gun.
  2. noun A small dot or symbol used to mark items in a list.
  3. verb To fire someone from a job abruptly (informal).

cap — full definition

  1. noun A soft, close-fitting hat, often with a brim or peak, and no full brim all the way round.
  2. noun A cover or seal that fits over the top or end of something to protect or close it.
  3. noun An upper limit set on an amount, price, or quantity.
  4. noun Informal: an exaggeration or outright lie.
  5. verb To put a cover on something, or to set an upper limit on it.

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