The meaning of Shuttle

Shuttle – definition

noun
A form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
Usage examples:
The nine o'clock shuttle from edinburgh
noun
A bobbin with two pointed ends used for carrying the weft thread across between the warp threads in weaving.
Usage examples:
Different colored silks and metal threads have their own separate shuttles and are painstakingly wo…

verb
Short for shuttlecock.
verb
Travel regularly between two or more places.
Usage examples:
The secretary of state shuttled to and fro seeking compromise
Synonims:
Ply Run Commute Alternate Come and go Go/travel back and forth Go/travel to and fro

noun
A vehicle or aircraft that travels regularly between two places, carrying people or things
Usage examples:
You can take the shuttle across town., the new york to boston shuttle is usually on time., [ i ] a …

noun
A vehicle used to take passengers on regular trips, usually for fairly short distances
Usage examples:
Take/catch the shuttle i took the shuttle to new york from logan airport in boston., there's a shut…

Shuttle translation into English

Shuttle: translate from English into Chinese

穿梭, 梭, 梭子, 往返移动之物, 班机或公共汽车, 摆梭

Shuttle: translate from English into Dutch

Shuttle, Schietspoel, Schuitje, Weefspoel, Heen en weer gaan

Shuttle: translate from English into French

Navette, Faire la navette

Shuttle: translate from English into German

Pendeln, Pendelverkehr, Schiffchen, Schützen, Zubringer, Zubringerbus, Pendelzug, Webschützen, Pendelflugzeug

Shuttle: translate from English into Hindi

शटल, भरनी, बिनाई की नली, शटल गाड़ी, ढरकी, अंतरिक्ष यान, चलना-फिरना, इधर-उधर चलाना-फिराना, आगे-पीछे चलाना-फिराना

Shuttle: translate from English into Italian

Navetta, Spola, Spoletta, Fare la spola

Shuttle: translate from English into Korean

우주선, 북, 정기 왕복 버스, 정기 왕복 열치, 정기 왕복 비행기, 왕복하는 것, 북의, 좌우로 움직이다, 욍복편으로 수송하다, 깃털공, 정기 왕복편, 왕복하다

Shuttle: translate from English into Russian

Шаттл, Челнок, Челночный, Пригородный поезд, Пригородный автобус, Затвор шлюза, Двигать вперед-назад, Двигаться вперед-назад

Shuttle: translate from English into Spanish

Lanzadera, Volante, Ir y venir, Transportar en

Word origin

Old English scytel ‘dart, missile’, of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse skutill ‘harpoon’; related to shoot. Sense 1 and the verb are from the movement of the bobbin from one side of

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Shuttle synonims

alternate

verb
Occur in turn repeatedly.
Usage examples:
Bouts of depression alternate with periods of elation

adjective
Every other; every second.
Usage examples:
She was asked to attend on alternate days

noun
Another term for alternative.
Usage examples:
A novel set in an alternate universe

All meanings and translations of Alternate

commute

verb
Travel some distance between one's home and place of work on a regular basis.
Usage examples:
He commuted from corby to kentish town

noun
A regular journey of some distance to and from one's place of work.
Usage examples:
The daily commute

verb
To travel regularly a distance between work and home
Usage examples:
She commutes to the city by car every day., the governor commuted the sentence and released the pri…

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ply

noun
A thickness or layer of a folded or laminated material.
Usage examples:
Tiles that have a black pvc ply in the lamination

verb
Work steadily with (a tool).
Usage examples:
A tailor delicately plying his needle

noun
A layer of something such as wood or paper, or a thread that is wrapped with other threads to form yarn (= wool cord) or rope
Usage examples:
Two-ply facial tissue, new buses plied the city's bus routes this week., extreme-sports athletes pl…

All meanings and translations of Ply

run

verb
Move at a speed faster than a walk, never having both or all the feet on the ground at the same time.
Usage examples:
The dog ran across the road

noun
An act or spell of running.
Usage examples:
I usually go for a run in the morning

verb
Move fast by using one's feet

All meanings and translations of Run

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