hock – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Hock
n.
white German wine
hock
n.
joint in the lower hind leg of a quadruped; small cut of meat from the area just above the foot; pawn; state of being in debt; prison
v.
pawn, deposit as security; hamstring, cut the tendons of the hock (of a person or animal)
Hock
hock
Noun
1. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
(synonym) Rhine wine, Rhenish
(hypernym) white wine
(hyponym) Riesling
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
(hypernym) joint, articulation, articulatio
(part-holonym) hind leg
(derivation) pawn, soak
Verb
1. leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
(synonym) pawn, soak
(hypernym) consign, charge
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
2. disable by cutting the hock
(hypernym) disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
hocken
v.
squat, sit low, crouch, stoop down
Hock
(v. t.)
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
(n.)
Alt. of Hough
(n.)
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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