Cock - English meaning

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

Usage examples:

Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

Usage examples:

The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

Usage examples:

She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

noun

A slope from the horizontal or vertical in carpentry and stonework; a sloping surface or edge.

Usage examples:

A very small 45° bevel is ground on the top surface

verb

Change (a square edge on an object) to a sloping one.

Usage examples:

Polish the face of the plate and bevel the edge

noun

The slightly convex or arched shape of a road or other horizontal surface.

Usage examples:

A bend where the camber of the road sloped to a ditch

noun

A gradual slope down from the middle of a road to each edge, designed to make water to flow off it

noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

Usage examples:

He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

Usage examples:

If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

noun

A slope or tilt.

Usage examples:

The outward cant of the curving walls

noun

A castrated domestic cock fattened for eating.

Usage examples:

We use the term broiler production to capture the census of agriculture category which includes ‘br…

verb

Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Usage examples:

An electric golf cart careened around the corner

noun

A name given to a domestic cock, especially in fairy tales.

Usage examples:

The chanticleer has scratched the eyes of night.

noun

A young domestic cock.

Usage examples:

Walker explained to me that he had been raising the young cockerel from a chick since last septembe…

noun

A young male chicken

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

Usage examples:

He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

Usage examples:

They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

noun

The back part of the human foot below the ankle.

Usage examples:

Knees are bent and held in front of the chest, with the heels positioned below the hips.

verb

Fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot).

Usage examples:

They were soling and heeling heavy working boots

exclamation

A command to a dog to walk close behind its owner.

Usage examples:

‘heel’ i said and rusty obeyed.

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

Usage examples:

The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

Usage examples:

His lean, muscular body

noun

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

Usage examples:

Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb

Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

Usage examples:

You've pitched the melody very high

verb

Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

Usage examples:

He pitched the ship inside and outside

noun

A male domestic fowl; a cock.

Usage examples:

Hens and roosters, showing off their gilded feathers, gabble under my window,

noun

An adult male chicken

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

Usage examples:

A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

Usage examples:

The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

Usage examples:

Slant pockets

noun

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.

Usage examples:

He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

Usage examples:

The garden sloped down to a stream

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

Usage examples:

The tilt of her head

verb

Lean over; tip

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip