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pillar
English
Etymology
From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pil?re (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?l?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?l?/
- Rhymes: -?l?(?)
- Hyphenation: pil?lar
Noun
pillar (plural pillars)
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- a pillar of smoke
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- He's a pillar of the community.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Skelton to this entry?)
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
Synonyms
- column, sile
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pillar (third-person singular simple present pillars, present participle pillaring, simple past and past participle pillared)
- To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
See also
- caterpillar
Further reading
- pillar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pillar in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- pillar at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “pillar” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
- Aprill
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pi??a/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pi??a?/
- Rhymes: -a(?)
Verb
pillar (first-person singular present pillo, past participle pillat)
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Conjugation
Portuguese
Noun
pillar m (plural pillares)
- Obsolete spelling of pilar
Spanish
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Italian pigliare or French piller. Compare also Portuguese pilhar and English pillage.
Pronunciation
Verb
pillar (first-person singular present pillo, first-person singular preterite pillé, past participle pillado)
- to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
- to pilfer, steal
- (games) to tag
- (colloquial) to get (a joke)
- (colloquial) to catch, to catch up to
- (colloquial) to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal)
- Synonyms: atrapar, sorprender
- (colloquial) to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness)
- (colloquial) to pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint)
- (Spain, colloquial) to score (e.g. drugs)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to jam (your finger)
- Me pillé el dedo con la puerta ? I jammed my finger in the door.
- (colloquial, reflexive) to fall in love, to crush on someone
- Creo que se ha pillado de mí ? I think she may have a crush on me.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
- pillo
- pillería
- pilla pilla
See also
- agarrar
- asir
Swedish
Verb
pillar
- present tense of pilla.
Anagrams
- prilla
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stent
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st?nt/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Homophone: stint
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /st?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
Unclear. Possibly named after dentist Charles Stent. The English surname is a variant of Stein.
Noun
stent (plural stents)
- A slender tube inserted into a blood vessel, a ureter or the oesophagus in order to provide support and to prevent disease-induced closure.
Derived terms
- intrastent
- microstent
- poststent
- stentectomy
- stented
- stentgraft
- stentless
Translations
Verb
stent (third-person singular simple present stents, present participle stenting, simple past and past participle stented)
- (medicine) To insert a stent or tube into a blood vessel.
Translations
Etymology 2
See stint.
Noun
stent (plural stents)
- (archaic) An allotted portion; a stint.
Verb
stent (third-person singular simple present stents, present participle stenting, simple past and past participle stented)
- (archaic) To keep within limits; to restrain; to cause to stop, or cease; to stint.
- (archaic) To stint; to stop; to cease.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003) , “stent”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, New York City: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Netts, netts, tents
Latin
Verb
stent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of st?
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /st??t/
Noun
stent m
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Spanish
Etymology
From English stent.
Noun
stent m (plural stents)
- stent
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