aspa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- blade noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
- cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
- sail noun A large piece of fabric rigged on a boat to catch the wind and drive it forward.
- vane noun A device mounted on a roof or pole that turns to show which way the wind is blowing.
Senses
aspa is used for these senses in English:
- Saint Andrew's cross A diagonal cross, the figure of a cross that has a form of two intersecting oblique bars.
- blade (biology) The four large shell plates on the sides, and the five large ones of the middle, of the carapace of the sea turtle, which yield the best tortoise shell.
- cross A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
- hasp A clasp, especially a metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin; also, a hook for fastening a door.
- niddy-noddy A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.
- sail (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination of mast, spars and ropes.
- vane Any of several usually relatively thin, rigid, flat, or sometimes curved surfaces radially mounted along an axis, as a blade in a turbine or a sail on a windmill, that is turned by or used to turn a fluid.
blade — full definition
- noun The flat, sharp-edged cutting part of a knife, sword, or similar tool.
- noun A flat, thin part shaped like a cutting blade, such as of a fan, propeller, oar, or grass.
- verb To skate using inline skates ("rollerblades").
cross — full definition
- noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
- verb To go from one side of something to the other.
- adj Annoyed or bad-tempered.