Skeleton

  • 41Skeleton — skeletonas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Rogučių sporto šaka – greitasis leidimasis nuo kalnų plieninėmis be valdymo įtaiso vienvietėmis rogutėmis. Sportininkas, gulėdamas ant pilvo veidu žemyn, valdo rogutes kojomis… …

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  • 42skeleton — [16] A skeleton is etymologically a ‘dried up’ or ‘withered’ body. The word comes via modern Latin from Greek skeletón, short for sóma skeletón ‘dried up body’. The adjective skeletós was derived from skéllein ‘dry up, wither’, and was related to …

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  • 43skeleton — I. noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, neuter of skeletos dried up; akin to Greek skellein to dry up, sklēros hard and perhaps to Old English sceald shallow Date: 1578 1. a usually rigid supportive or protective structure or framework of an… …

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  • 44skeleton — n. a human skeleton * * * [ skelɪtn] a human skeleton …

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  • 45skeleton — ske·le·ton s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS sport slittino monoposto da neve e da ghiaccio con pattini d acciaio, che consente di raggiungere alte velocità | sport praticato con tale tipo di slittino: gare di skeleton {{line}} {{/line}} DATA:… …

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  • 46skeleton — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. frame[work]; outline, diagram; bones, bony structure. See support, plan, remainder. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Bony structure] Syn. skeletal frame, axial skeleton, appendicular skeleton, osseous processes …

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  • 47Skeleton — Ske|le|ton [ skɛlətn̩, ...letɔn] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. skeleton, eigtl. »Gerippe, Gestell«, dies aus gr. skeletón, vgl. 1↑Skelett> niedriger, schwerer Sportrennschlitten (Wintersport) …

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  • 48skeleton — n. the rigid framework of connected bones that gives form to the body, protects and supports its soft organs and tissues, and provides attachments for muscles and a system of levers essential for locomotion. The 206 named bones of the body are… …

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  • 49skeleton — skel·e·ton || skelɪtn n. framework of bones that supports the body of an organism; framework, support structure; very thin person or animal; something that is reduced to its most basic form; secret or shameful information adj. pertaining to a… …

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  • 50skeleton — [ˈskelɪt(ə)n] noun [C] the set of bones that supports a human or animal body, or a model of this • skeleton in the cupboard/closet an embarrassing secret about your past[/ex] …

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