From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
From [en] (also [enm]), from [en], which, like the source of [en], is probably
[en] in some manner.[1] Cognate with [da], dialectal [sv].
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Conspicuously short .
2. [en] Flat and broad, with the end slightly turned up.
3. * [en]
4. * [II]
5. [en] Derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of extra triangular face s.
***** Derived terms
{{col|en |retrosnub |snub cube |snub disphenoid |snub dodecahedron |snub nose
|snub-nosed |snub polyhedron }}
***** Translations
[conspicuously short]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi] [of the nose]
[trans-bottom]
[derived from a simpler polyhedron by the addition of triangular faces]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Latin: [la]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A deliberate affront or slight .
2. * [passage=It was part of Evelyn’s character that in spite of many SNUBS which she received or imagined, she never gave up the pursuit of people she wanted to know, and in the long run generally succeeded in knowing them and even in making them like her.]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
5. A sudden checking of a cable or rope.
6. [en] A knot ; a protuberance ; a snag .
7. * [book=I]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
- [en] , [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[deliberate affront or slight]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] [dated] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[A sudden checking of a cable or rope]
- Dutch: [nl]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To slight , ignore or behave cold ly toward someone.
2. * [passage=When, therefore, the First Secretary sounded him as to the expediency of some step in the direction of a firmer political combination than that at present existing,—by which of course was meant the dethronement of the present Prime Minister,—Mr. Roby had SNUBBED him!]
3. * [passage=For near three mortal months have you trifled with my feelings, eluded me, and SNUBBED me; and I won’t stand it!]
4. * [passage=Lily was sure that within twenty-four hours the story of her visiting her dress-maker at the Benedick would be in active circulation among Mr. Rosedale’s acquaintances. The worst of it was that she had always SNUBBED and ignored him.]
5. * [passage=For a long time he lived in the toy cupboard or on the nursery floor, and no one thought very much about him. He was naturally shy, and being only made of velveteen, some of the more expensive toys quite SNUBBED him.]
6. [en] To turn down insultingly; to dismiss .
7. [en] To check ; to reprimand .
8. [en] To stub out (a cigarette etc).
9. [en] To halt the movement of a rope etc by turning it about a cleat or bollard etc; to secure a vessel in this manner.
10. [en] To clip or break off the end of; to check or stunt the growth of.
***** Synonyms
- [to slight or ignore] [en] , [en] , cut someone cold , cut someone dead
***** Translations
[to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward]
- Arabic:
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , jemanden vor den Kopf stoßen
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Russian: [ru] [ru] (prenebrežítelʹno obxodítʹsja) ( с (s) + instrumental case)
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Thai: [th]
[trans-bottom]
[to turn down, dismiss]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , ausschlagen [offer]
- Maori: [mi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to reprimand]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
[trans-bottom]
[to stub out]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to halt the movement of a rope etc.] [trans-bottom]
**** References
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*** Etymology 2
From [en], [enm]. Compare [nl], [de], [de] dialect [de], and English [en]
(transitive verb).
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. To sob with convulsion s.
2. * [en]
*** Anagrams
- [en]