bight – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
מילים נרדפות: loop,
crook,
twist,
bend,
turn,
embayment,
bay,
midpoint,
center,
centre,
fix,
secure,
fasten
bight
n.
loop in a rope; middle part of a rope; curve or recess in the shore of a sea or river
Bight
bight may refer to:
- Bight (geography), recess of a coast, bay, or other curved feature
- Bight (knot), a curved section, slack part, or loop in rope (used in the terminology of knot-tying)
bight
Noun
1. a loop in a rope
(hypernym) loop
2. a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
(hypernym) bend, crook, turn
3. a broad bay formed by an indentation (a bight) in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
(hypernym) bay
(hyponym) Bight of Benin
4. the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends)
(hypernym) center, centre, midpoint
(part-holonym) rope
Verb
1. fasten with a bight
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
Bight
(v.)
The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
(v.)
A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.
(v.)
A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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