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link
- For Wiktionary's links, see Wiktionary:Links
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
From Middle English linke, lenke, from a merger of Old English hlen?e, hlen?a (“ring; chainkink”) and Old Norse *hlenkr, hlekkr (“ring; chain”); both from Proto-Germanic *hlankiz (“ring; bond; fettle; fetter”). Used in English since the 14th century. Related to lank.
Noun
link (plural links)
- A connection between places, people, events, things, or ideas.
- 1573, George Gascoigne, A Hundreth Sundry Flowres
- One element of a chain or other connected series.
- Abbreviation of hyperlink.
- (computing) The connection between buses or systems.
- (mathematics) A space comprising one or more disjoint knots.
- (Sussex) a thin wild bank of land splitting two cultivated patches and often linking two hills.
- (figuratively) an individual person or element in a system
- 2010, James O. Young, My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry, AuthorHouse, page 32:
- 2010, William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler, Universal Principles of Design, RockPort, page 262:
- 2010, Stephen Fairweather, The Missing Book of Genesis, AuthorHouse, page 219:
- 2010, James O. Young, My Sheep Know My Voice: anointed poetry, AuthorHouse, page 32:
- Anything doubled and closed like a link of a chain.
- A sausage that is not a patty.
- (kinematics) Any one of the several elementary pieces of a mechanism, such as the fixed frame, or a rod, wheel, mass of confined liquid, etc., by which relative motion of other parts is produced and constrained.
- (engineering) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (in steam engines) the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion.
- (surveying) The length of one joint of Gunter's chain, being the hundredth part of it, or 7.92 inches, the chain being 66 feet in length.
- (chemistry) A bond of affinity, or a unit of valence between atoms; applied to a unit of chemical force or attraction.
- (in the plural) The windings of a river; the land along a winding stream.
- 1822, Allan Cunningham, "The King of the Peak", in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, v. 1, p. 222.
- 'Dame Foljambe,' said the old man, 'the march of thy tale is like the course of the Wye, seventeen miles of links and windings down a fair valley five miles long. […] '
- 1822, Allan Cunningham, "The King of the Peak", in Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, v. 1, p. 222.
- (broadcasting) An introductory cue.
- 2002, Carole Fleming, The Radio Handbook (page 53)
- Too much talk on a music-based station can cause listeners who tune in for the music to go elsewhere. […] 'Some people will say “your link has to be 45 seconds long” but I don't do that,' explains the programme controller of Trent FM, Dick Stone.
- 2002, Carole Fleming, The Radio Handbook (page 53)
Synonyms
- (connection between things): connection; See also Thesaurus:link
Holonyms
- (element of a connected series): chain
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- link farm
Translations
Verb
link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)
- (transitive) To connect two or more things.
- 1813, John Chetwode Eustace, A Tour Through Italy
- All the tribes and nations that composed it [the Roman Empire] were linked together, not only by the same laws and the same government, but by all the facilities of commodious intercourse, and of frequent communication.
- 1813, John Chetwode Eustace, A Tour Through Italy
- (intransitive, of a Web page) To contain a hyperlink to another page.
- (transitive, Internet) To supply (somebody) with a hyperlink; to direct by means of a link.
- (transitive, Internet) To post a hyperlink to.
- (transitive) To demonstrate a correlation between two things.
- (software compilation) To combine objects generated by a compiler into a single executable.
Synonyms
- (to connect two or more things): affix, attach, join, put together; see also Thesaurus:join
Derived terms
- link in
- link out
- link up
Translations
Etymology 2
Plausibly a modification of Medieval Latin linchinus (“candle”), an alteration of Latin lynchinus, itself from Ancient Greek ?????? (lúkhnos, “lamp”).
Noun
link (plural links)
- (obsolete) A torch, used to light dark streets.
- You were coming out of the Italian Opera, ma’am, in white satin and jewels, a blaze of splendour, when I hadn’t a penny to buy a link to light you.’
Derived terms
- linkboy
- linkman
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin unknown.
Verb
link (third-person singular simple present links, present participle linking, simple past and past participle linked)
- (Scotland, intransitive) To skip or trip along smartly; to go quickly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Translations
See also
- Malvern Link
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- kiln
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?l??k]
- Rhymes: -??k
Noun
link m
- link, hyperlink
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English link (since 1995).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lenk/, [le???]
Noun
link n (singular definite linket, plural indefinite link or links)
- link (hyperlink)
Inflection
Synonyms
- hyperlink
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??k/
- Hyphenation: link
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Adjective
link (comparative linker, superlative linkst)
- dangerous
- (criminal slang) sly; cunning
- (slang) jolly, nice
Inflection
Derived terms
- linkerd
- linkmiegel
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English link, only since late 20th century.
Noun
link m (plural links, diminutive linkje n)
- physical connection, as in a hardware cable
- (figuratively) logical connection, as in reasoning about causality
- hyperlink
Synonyms
- (physical connection): verbinding
- (logical connection): verband
- (hyperlink): koppeling, verwijzing
Derived terms
- linken
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
German
Etymology
From Middle High German linc, from Old High German *link; compare Old High German linka (“the left hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??k/
Adjective
link (comparative linker, superlative am linksten)
- left
- sly; cunning
- dangerous
Declension
Further reading
- “link” in Duden online
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?li?k]
- Rhymes: -i?k
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English link.
Noun
link (plural linkek)
- link, hyperlink
- Synonyms: hivatkozás, hiperhivatkozás
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Yiddish ????? (link), from German link (“left”).
Adjective
link (comparative linkebb, superlative leglinkebb)
- (colloquial) flighty, fickle, fishy, shifty, sleazy, phoney (unreliable, irresponsible, often dishonest)
- Synonyms: könnyelm?, léha, komolytalan, megbízhatatlan, szélhámos
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- (flighty, fickle, sleazy): link in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English link.
Noun
link m (invariable)
- (computing) link (hyperlink)
- Synonym: collegamento
Derived terms
- linkare
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [li?k]
Preposition
l?nk
- toward (used with genitive case)
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German link.
Adjective
link
- left, left-hand
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English link.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l?ink/
Noun
link m inan
- link, hyperlink
Declension
Synonyms
- hiper??cze
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English link.
Noun
link m (plural links)
- (computing) link (text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document)
- Synonyms: linque, hiperligação, ligação
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English link.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?link/, [?l??k]
Noun
link m (plural links)
- (computing) link (text or a graphic that can be activated to open another document)
- Synonym: enlace
Derived terms
- linquear
link From the web:
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- what links nucleotides together
clip
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kl?p, IPA(key): /kl?p/, [kl???p]
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glemb?- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).
Verb
clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipped)
- To grip tightly.
- To fasten with a clip.
- (archaic) To hug, embrace.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter III:[1]
- White thy fambles, red thy gan
And thy quarrons dainty is.
Couch a hogshead with me then.
In the darkmans clip and kiss.
- White thy fambles, red thy gan
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter III:[1]
- (slang) To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.
Translations
Noun
clip (plural clips)
- Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
- An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
- (obsolete) An embrace.
- A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
- A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
- The heel - clips are two clips at the heels of the side bars , which correspond to the toe - clip ; the latter embracing the toe of the crust , whilst the former embrace its heels
- 1831-1850, William Youatt, On the Structure and the Diseases of the Horse
- (fishing, Britain, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ???? (kurippu)
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).
Verb
clip (third-person singular simple present clips, present participle clipping, simple past and past participle clipt or clipped)
- To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
- To curtail; to cut short.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, s:A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.
- 1712, Jonathan Swift, s:A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue
- (dialectal, informal) To strike with the hand.
- To hit or strike, especially in passing.
- (American football) An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
- (signal processing) To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
- (computer graphics) To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
- (computer graphics, transitive, intransitive) (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
- (computer graphics, ergative) To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).
- (computer graphics, ergative) To move the camera, a character model, or another object (through or into a rendered object or barrier).
- To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
- to grab or take stealthily
Derived terms
- clipjoint, clip-joint, clip joint
- clip it
Translations
Noun
clip (countable and uncountable, plural clips)
- Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
- The product of a single shearing of sheep.
- A season's crop of wool.
- A section of video taken from a film, broadcast, or other longer video
- A newspaper clipping.
- An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
- (uncountable, Tyneside) The condition of something, its state.
- (informal) A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)
Derived terms
- clip show
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- National Football League (2007). Official Rules of the National Football League 2007. Triumph Books.
Anagrams
- ILPC
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klip/
Noun
clip m (plural clips)
- music video
- clip-on (earring)
Derived terms
- vidéoclip
Further reading
- “clip” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
clip (present analytic clipeann, future analytic clipfidh, verbal noun clipeadh, past participle clipthe)
- (transitive) prick; tease, torment
- (transitive) tire, wear, out
Conjugation
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "clip" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “clip” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “clip” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Noun
clip m (invariable)
- clip
- paper clip
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clip.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klip/, [?klip]
Noun
clip m (plural clips)
- paper clip
- Synonym: sujetapapeles
- clip (something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.)
- clip (a frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.)
- Synonym: fragmento
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