шип — meaning in English

English meaning

• barb noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
• cleat noun A strip of wood or metal fixed across something to make it stronger or hold it in place.
• crampon noun A spiked frame fixed to a boot to give grip on ice or other slippery ground.
• prickle noun A small sharp point on something, often a plant, such as a thorn.
• spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
• spine noun The column of bones running down the back, from the head down to the tail or pelvis, that protects the spinal cord and holds up the chest and abdomen.
• stud noun A male animal, especially a horse, kept specifically for breeding.
• thorn noun A sharp, hard, pointed growth on a plant stem or branch.

Senses

шип is used for these senses in English:

• barb The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
• cleat A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction.
• crampon An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
• prickle A small, sharp pointed object similar to the true prickle, such as a thorn.
• spike (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.
• spine (zootomy, botany, mycology) A pointed, fairly rigid protuberance or needlelike structure on an animal, shell, mushroom or plant. The botanical term technically refers to such a structure derived from a leaf or part of a leaf.
• stud A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
• stud (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.

barb — full definition

1. noun A sharp point angled backward on an arrow, hook, or wire, designed to make it hard to pull out.
2. noun A sharp, cutting remark meant to hurt or provoke.
3. noun Any of various small freshwater fish with whisker-like barbels near the mouth.
4. verb To fit something with barbs.

cleat — full definition

1. noun A strip of wood or metal fixed across something to make it stronger or hold it in place.
2. noun A long metal strip or bent piece used to hold metal parts firmly together.
3. noun A fitting used to fasten a rope to quickly, and just as easily release it from.
4. noun A raised bump on the sole of a shoe or on a wheel that gives extra grip.

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