winkle – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
winkle
v.
force out, dig out (British)
n.
small edible sea snail with a spiral shell, periwinkle
Winkle
Winkle may refer to:
Biology
Winkle is a common name applied to numerous different species of small, round, usually edible, snails. These are often species of sea snails, also some small round freshwater snails, and even some land snails that have an operculum.
winkle
Noun
1. small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
(synonym) periwinkle
(hypernym) seafood
(substance-holonym) periwinkle
2. edible marine gastropod
(synonym) periwinkle
(hypernym) seasnail
(member-holonym) Littorina, genus Littorina
(substance-meronym) periwinkle
Verb
1. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
(synonym) twinkle, scintillate
(hypernym) shine, beam
(verb-group) scintillate
(classification) celestial body, heavenly body
2. gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
(synonym) flash, blink, wink, twinkle
(hypernym) radiate
(hyponym) flicker, flick
3. remove or displace from a position
(synonym) winkle out
(hypernym) bring out, get out
winkeln
v.
angle, bend in an angle; set at an angle
Winkle
(n.)
Any periwinkle.
(n.)
Any one of various marine spiral gastropods, esp., in the United States, either of two species of Fulgar (F. canaliculata, and F. carica).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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