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gully
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?l'?, IPA(key): /???li/
- Rhymes: -?li
Etymology 1
From Middle English golet, from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”).
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- Synonym: gill
- A small valley.
- (Britain) A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- Synonym: box
- (Britain) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Alternative forms
- gulley
Related terms
- gullet
- gully gut
- gully hole
Descendants
- ? German: Gully
Translations
Verb
gully (third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
- (obsolete) To flow noisily.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- (transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Etymology 2
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- (Scotland, northern UK) A large knife.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
- With that I made my mind up, took out my gully, opened it with my teeth, and cut one strand after another […]
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, page 139:
Further reading
- gully on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Gullies And Other Knives
Scots
Etymology
Origin unknown.
Noun
gully (plural gullies)
- large knife
- God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap, / And owt of his scheith his gully owtgatt. (The Bannatyne Manuscript)
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rent
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?nt, IPA(key): /??nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From Middle English rent, rente, from Old English renta, from Old French rente and Medieval Latin renta, both from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of redd?.
Noun
rent (countable and uncountable, plural rents)
- A payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property.
- I am asking £100 a week rent.
- A similar payment for the use of equipment or a service.
- (economics) A profit from possession of a valuable right, as a restricted license to engage in a trade or business.
- An object for which rent is charged or paid.
- (obsolete) Income; revenue.
- [Bacchus] a wastor was and all his rent / In wine and bordel he dispent.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Finnish: ränttü
Translations
Verb
rent (third-person singular simple present rents, present participle renting, simple past and past participle rented)
- (transitive) To occupy premises in exchange for rent.
- (transitive) To grant occupation in return for rent.
- (transitive) To obtain or have temporary possession of an object (e.g. a movie) in exchange for money.
- (intransitive) To be leased or let for rent.
Translations
See also
- hire
Etymology 2
From Middle English renten (“to tear”). Variant form of renden.
Noun
rent (plural rents)
- A tear or rip in some surface.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10
- The brown paint on the door was so old that the naked wood showed between the rents.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 10
- A division or schism.
- 2002, Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967:
- […] the White House was considering sending Vice President Humphrey to Cairo to patch up the many rents in U.S.—Egyptian relations.
- 2002, Michael B. Oren, Six Days of War: June 1967:
Translations
Verb
rent
- simple past tense and past participle of rend
Adjective
rent (comparative more rent, superlative most rent)
- That has been torn or rent; ripped; torn.
Anagrams
- tern, tren
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re??nt/, [??æ?nd?]
Adjective
rent
- neuter singular of ren
Adverb
rent
- purely (morally)
- purely (excluding other possibility)
- quite, completely
Derived terms
- gøre rent (“to clean”)
- rent ud (“point-blank”)
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
- IPA(key): /r?nt/
Verb
rent
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of rennen
- (archaic) plural imperative of rennen
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
rent
- neuter singular of ren
Adverb
rent
- purely
Verb
rent
- past participle of renne
References
- “ren” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
rent
- past participle of renna
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re?nt/
Adjective
rent
- absolute indefinite neuter form of ren.
Adverb
rent (comparative renare, superlative renast)
- cleanly
- purely
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