Useful english dictionary. 2012.
suck — (v.) O.E. sucan, from PIE root *sug /*suk of imitative origin (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. sugan, O.N. suga, M.Du. sughen, Du. zuigen, Ger. saugen to suck; L. sugere to suck, succus juice, sap; O.Ir. sugim, Welsh sugno … Etymology dictionary
sap — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant juice, lifeblood; vigor, vitality; trench, furrow; slang, fool (see ignorance). See fluidity, intrinsic. v. t. undermine; tunnel; enfeeble, debilitate, devitalize. See concavity, deterioration,… … English dictionary for students
suck fly — noun Etymology: so called from the fact that it sucks the sap from the leaves : tobacco bug … Useful english dictionary
sapsucker — sap•suck•er [[t]ˈsæpˌsʌk ər[/t]] n. orn any of several North American woodpeckers of the genus Sphyrapicus that drill holes in trees for sap and to catch insects attracted by sap • Etymology: 1795–1805, amer … From formal English to slang
exhaust — [v1] tire or wear out bankrupt, burn out*, conk out*, cripple, debilitate, disable, do in*, drain, draw, enervate, enfeeble, fag, fatigue, frazzle, impoverish, overdo, overexert, overextend, overfatigue, overtire, overwork, peter out*, poop*,… … New thesaurus
seu-1, seʷǝ- : sū- — seu 1, seʷǝ : sū English meaning: juice; liquid, *rain Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘saft, Feuchtes”; verbal: ‘saft ausdrũcken” and “regnen; rinnen”, in Weiterbildungen “(Saft) schlũrfen, saugen” Material: 1. Gk. ὕει “ it is raining “ … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
heteropteran — ▪ insect order Introduction any member of the insect order Heteroptera, which comprises the so called true bugs. (Some authorities use the name Hemiptera; others consider both the heteropterans and the homopterans to be suborders of the… … Universalium
Fauna of the Australian Capital Territory — The Fauna of the Australian Capital Territory includes representatives from most major groups of Australian Fauna such as kangaroos, possums, wombats, platypus, echidnas. Birds include the sulphur crested cockatoo, blue wren and Kookaburra. There … Wikipedia
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
sup — {{11}}sup (1) eat the evening meal, late 13c., from O.Fr. super, which probably is from soupe broth (see SOUP (Cf. soup)), until recently still the traditional evening meal of French workers. {{12}}sup (2) sip, O.E. supan (W.Saxon), suppan,… … Etymology dictionary
