Capsules - English meaning

Capsules – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A small case or container, especially a round or cylindrical one.
Usage examples:
He showed us the cylinder of the gun filled with six plastic capsules
noun
A tough sheath or membrane that encloses an organ or other structure in the body, such as a kidney or a synovial joint.
Usage examples:
The prostate gland is enclosed in a prostatic capsule and surrounded by extraperitoneal connective …
noun
The foil or plastic covering the cork of a wine bottle.
Usage examples:
It is an alternative name for the capsule which covers the cork and neck of a wine bottle.
Synonims:
Cover Seal Cap Top
noun
A dry fruit that releases its seeds by bursting open when ripe, such as a pea pod.
Usage examples:
The leaves of the great poplar he climbed in gleamed as though polished; bead-like fruit dangled, i…
Synonims:
Seed case Pod Shell Husk Hull Case Sheath Pericarp Exocarp Legume Integument
noun
The spore-producing structure of mosses and liverworts, typically borne on a stalk.
Usage examples:
For example, in mosses the sporophyte is a capsule atop a slender stalk that grows out of the top o…
noun
(of a piece of writing) shortened but retaining the essence of the original; condensed.
Usage examples:
A capsule review of the movie

noun
A measured amount of medicine in a very small, rounded, soft container which is swallowed
Usage examples:
The apollo 11 capsule

Capsules translation into English

Capsules: translate from English into Chinese

胶囊, 被膜, 蒴, 瓶盖

Capsules: translate from English into Dutch

Capsules, Capsule, Zaaddoos, Doosvrucht, Kapseltje, Zaadhuisje, Slaghoedje

Capsules: translate from English into French

Gélules, Capsule

Capsules: translate from English into German

Kapseln, Kapsel, Hülse, Schale

Capsules: translate from English into Hindi

कैप्सूल, वेष्टन, दवा का खोल, आवरण, खोल, कैप्सयुल, झिल्ली, परदा

Capsules: translate from English into Italian

Capsule, Capsula

Capsules: translate from English into Korean

캡슐, 요약, 막낭

Capsules: translate from English into Russian

Капсулы, Капсула, Коробочка, Капсюль, Оболочка, Мембрана, Отсек, Облатка, Резюме, Отделяемая кабина, Семенная коробочка, Капсула для лекарства

Capsules: translate from English into Spanish

Capsulas, Cápsula, Ataúd, Caja fuertemente cerrada

Word origin

late Middle English (in the general sense ‘small container’): via French from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (see case2).

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Capsules synonims

cap

kæp

noun
A kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.
Usage examples:
A man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap

verb
Short for percussion cap.

noun
Short for capitalization.
Usage examples:
Mid-cap companies

Cap - all meanings in English

case

noun
An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.
Usage examples:
A case of mistaken identity

verb
Surround in a material or substance.
Usage examples:
The towers are of steel cased in granite

noun
A particular situation or example of something
Usage examples:
We don’t normally accept credits from courses taken at another university, but we’ll make an except…

Case - all meanings in English

cover

verb
Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.
Usage examples:
The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun
A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.
Usage examples:
A seat cover

verb
To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something
Usage examples:
Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

Cover - all meanings in English

exocarp

noun
The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.
Usage examples:
The mechanical performance of the exocarp including the cuticle, the epidermis, and a variable numb…

Exocarp - all meanings in English

hull

noun
The main body of a ship or other vessel, including the bottom, sides, and deck but not the masts, superstructure, rigging, engines, and other fittings.
Usage examples:
The main structural bulkhead supports the hull sides at the chain plates and the cabin top at the m…

verb
Hit and pierce the hull of (a ship) with a missile.
Usage examples:
The ship was being hulled and all would die

verb
Remove the hulls from (fruit, seeds, or grain).
Usage examples:
First, rinse and hull the berries

Hull - all meanings in English

husk

noun
The dry outer covering of some fruits or seeds.
Usage examples:
The fibrous husk of the coconut

verb
Remove the husk or husks from.
Usage examples:
They set up mills to husk the rice

verb
Say something in a husky voice.
Usage examples:
‘what big blue eyes you have,’ husked lorenzo

Husk - all meanings in English

integument

noun
A tough outer protective layer, especially that of an animal or plant.
Usage examples:
This chemical compound is found in the integument of the seed

noun
An outer covering, for example a skin or shell

Integument - all meanings in English

legume

noun
A leguminous plant (member of the pea family), especially one grown as a crop.
Usage examples:
He sows a mixture of grasses and legumes

noun
A plant that has its seeds in a pod, such as the bean or pea

Legume - all meanings in English

pericarp

noun
The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.
Usage examples:
Fruits had the pericarps removed and the seeds were stratified.

noun
The layer that develops from the ovary wall around the seed of a plant after it is fertilized and forms the skin and flesh of the fruit

Pericarp - all meanings in English

pod

pɒd

noun
An elongated seed vessel of a leguminous plant such as the pea, splitting open on both sides when ripe.
Usage examples:
Gorse pods were popping in the sun

verb
(of a plant) bear or form pods.
Usage examples:
The peas have failed to pod

noun
A small herd or school of marine animals, especially whales.
Usage examples:
A pod of 500 dolphins frolicking in the bay

Pod - all meanings in English

seal

noun
A device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.
Usage examples:
Attach a draught seal to the door itself

verb
Fasten or close securely.
Usage examples:
He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox

noun
A fish-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined body and feet developed as flippers, that returns to land to breed or rest.
Usage examples:
Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea…

Seal - all meanings in English

sheath

noun
A close-fitting cover for the blade of a knife or sword.
Usage examples:
Drawing the sword free of the sheath she inspected the blade.

Sheath - all meanings in English

top

noun
The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.
Usage examples:
Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective
Highest in position, rank, or degree.
Usage examples:
The top button of his shirt

verb
Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.
Usage examples:
Losses are expected to top £100 m this year

Top - all meanings in English

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